https://doi.org/10.1140/epje/i2009-10542-3
Regular Article
Line tension and the shape of nanodroplets
1
Max-Planck-Institut für Metallforschung, Heisenbergstr. 3, D-70569, Stuttgart, Germany
2
Institut für Theoretische und Angewandte Physik, Universität Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 57, D-70569, Stuttgart, Germany
* e-mail: dietrich@mf.mpg.de
Received:
4
September
2009
Revised:
8
October
2009
Accepted:
12
November
2009
Published online:
12
December
2009
Various factors are discussed which might influence the equilibrium contact angle of nanodroplets placed on a solid substrate. Special emphasis is put on the possible role of the dependence of the solid-liquid interface tension 
on the pressure in the liquid, which in nanodrops considerably exceeds the saturation pressure. We show that certain published data regarding that dependence are meaningless because these have been deduced based on an inconsistent data analysis.
© EDP Sciences, SIF, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2009
