Walter L. Winterbottom
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A physicist who developed the Winterbottom construction for the equilibrium shape of a particle resting on a substrate. The shape reflects both direction-dependent surface costs and binding at the contact. His analysis showed how particle shapes can reveal those interfacial forces, extending shape-based thermodynamics to supported particles rather than isolated crystals.[ref]
Equilibrium shape of a small particle in contact with a foreign substrate by W. L. Winterbottom. Abstract: surface anisotropy, substrate binding and silver-film interpretation
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