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The free energy and the entropy are the relevant thermodynamical potentials at constant temperature and at constant energy, respectively. Expressions are here derived for these potentials in solid-liquid systems, including interface contributions.
It is then shown that relative minimizers of the free energy (as well as relative maximizers of the entropy) fulfill the Gibbs-Thomson law at phase interfaces, and the associated contact angle condition on the boundary.
Finally, the so-called phase field model is outlined.
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Visintin, A. (1996). The Gibbs-Thomson Law. In: Models of Phase Transitions. Progress in Nonlinear Differential Equations and Their Applications, vol 28. Birkhäuser Boston. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-4078-5_7
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