Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: The coexistence of two immiscible phases results in the emergence of inter facial tension, also known as inter facial energy.Similarly, one-dimensional boundaries between dif ferent inter faces give rise to line tension, or excess line energy.Line tension can be categorized into two types.The first is domain line tension, which occurs at the boundar y between two inter facial phases present on the same inter face.The second type develops at three-phase boundaries.Common examples include the three-phase contact line of liquid droplets on solid sur faces and small par ticles adsorbed at air-liquid or liquid-liquid inter faces.This review will discuss the underlying physical mechanisms of these two forms of line tension.
Source: Oleoscience
Author: Hiroki MATSUBARA
Institution: Hiroshima University
Language: English
Subfield: Materials Chemistry
Field: Materials Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4406120461