ISSN:
1476-4687
Source:
Nature Archives 1869 - 2009
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Medicine
,
Natural Sciences in General
,
Physics
Notes:
[Auszug] The problem is that solids should display higher surface energies than liquids, but their atoms are relatively immobile, so that stresses in the surface may exist in addition to the surface tension of the solid. Attempts to distinguish the genuine solid surface tension from such spurious stresses ...
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/325794a0
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