DOI: 10.1039/A706604J
(Paper)
J. Chem. Soc., Faraday Trans., 1997, 93, 4409-4411
Theory for the determination of line tension from capillary condensation
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Robert Aveyard, John H. Clint and Dieter Nees
Abstract
There is currently considerable interest in the measurement of line tension. A method has been proposed involving capillary condensation of vapour around the contact (or near contact) of a solid sphere and a flat plate of the same material. This configuration is locally equivalent to that used in the conventional surface force apparatus (SFA), which employs (coated) mica surfaces that are molecularly smooth.