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Chapter 3.Forces at the Nanoscale - Pg. 35
CHAPTER Forces at the Nanoscale 3 36 37 37 41 42 43 44 44 45 45 46 CHAPTER CONTENTS 3.1 The Casimir Force .................................................................... 3.2 Intermolecular Interactions .......................................................... 3.2.1 The Concept of Surface Tension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.2.2 Critique of the Surface Tension Formalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.2.3 Experimental Determination of Single-Substance Surface Tensions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.2.4 Wetting and Dewetting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.2.5 Length Scales for Defining Surface Tension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.2.6 The Wetting Transition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.3 Capillary Force ....................................................................... 3.4 Heterogeneous Surfaces ............................................................. 3.4.1 Wetting on Rough and Chemically Inhomogeneous Surfaces . . . . . . . .
