Null surface thermodynamics

Thermodynamics of Surface Phenomena

The thermodynamic treatment of the interfacial region corresponding to two fluid phases in contact is discussed. The features of this analysis which are reviewed include the classical treatment of Gibbs and the extensions to this treatment which are due to Buff. It is shown that these extensions are essential if the logical structure of the analysis is to be regarded as complete.

Surface Phase Diagrams from Ab Initio Thermodynamics

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Thermodynamics of Surface Growth with Application to Bone Remodeling

Surface Thermodynamics of Hematite/Yttrium Oxide Core-Shell Colloidal Particles

Spherical and quite monodisperse particles (average diameter 60 ( 7 nm) of hematite (R-Fe2O3) were synthesized and then covered with a shell of yttrium oxide of variable thickness. A surface thermodynamic study was carried out for these core/shell colloidal particles, using two experimental techniques: contact angle measurements of selected liquids on glass slides uniformly covered by the mater...

First-Principles Theory of Surface Thermodynamics and Kinetics

Understanding the complex behavior of particles at surfaces requires detailed knowledge of both macroscopic and microscopic processes that take place; also certain phenomena depend critically on temperature and gas pressure. To link these processes we combine state-of-the-art microscopic, and macroscopic phenomenological, theories. We apply our theory to the O Ru(0001) system and calculate ther...