Abstract
AbstractSurface consisting of a few number of atomic layers forms the skin of a substance. The skin shell forms a high-density phase that is more elastic, stiffer, chemically and thermally less stable with entrapped electrons, and subjective polarization. Bond relaxation happens only in the skin in a radial way. The extent and depth of bond relaxation increase with surface curvature. In placing with the conventional concept of surface free energy, the energy density and the atomic cohesive energy in the skin region determine the performance of a surface. BOLS notation holds for defects, skins of solids and liquids, as well as molecules in gaseous phases.KeywordsPair Distribution FunctionLattice ContractionLiquid Interfacial EnergyBond ContractionBond RelaxationThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.
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