Chapter 7. Solid Surfaces
Published Online: 28 APR 2002
DOI: 10.1002/0471234990.ch7
Copyright © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Book Title
Surfaces, Interfaces, and Colloids: Principles and Applications, Second Edition
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How to Cite
Myers, D. (2002) Solid Surfaces, in Surfaces, Interfaces, and Colloids: Principles and Applications, Second Edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, USA. doi: 10.1002/0471234990.ch7
Publication History
- Published Online: 28 APR 2002
ISBN Information
Print ISBN: 9780471330608
Online ISBN: 9780471234999
- Summary
- Chapter
Keywords:
- surface mobility;
- sintering;
- surface free energy;
- surface tension;
- crystal surfaces;
- nucleation processes;
- theory of limiting faces;
- crystal growth modification;
- Wulff theorem;
- amorphous surfaces;
- dynamics in polymer surfaces
Summary
Chapter 7 provides a closer look at the nature and characteristics of solid surfaces, including a description of such surfaces at the molecular level. It includes a brief discussion of molecular (or atomic) mobility at surfaces and macroscopic surface-related phenomena such as sintering. The discussion covers the relationship between the chemical nature of a surface and its surface energy, the relative meanings of surface energy and surface tension, and the importance of the history of formation of a surface to its apparent surface energy. Broad surface types are introduced including crystals and amorphous materials (e.g., polymers) are discussed, including some basic theories of surface growth, and surface dynamics.