= 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.<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]{ref}
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