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While thermodynamics of interfaces provides a theoretical foundation for understanding various interfacial phenomena, its application depends on the availability of the fundamental equation. In the absence of experimental access to this information, this is a task best left to statistical mechanics. In this Chapter, we introduce a powerful method from statistical mechanics that allows us to study interfaces and inhomogeneous systems in general based on underlying molecular level models.
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Kusaka, I. (2015). Statistical Mechanics of Inhomogeneous Fluids. In: Statistical Mechanics for Engineers. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13809-1_7
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