The structure of interface plays a key role in determining its energy. Which among the energy considerations play a major role when their sizes are large and small respectively?

The structure of interface plays a key role in determining its energy. Which among the energy considerations play a major role when their sizes are large and small respectively? Correct Answer Elastic and interfacial

Let’s first consider the first part that is when their sizes are small, for such cases the interfacial energy plays a leading role and when it comes to higher sizes, the elastic energy plays the leading part. This is because interfacial energy scales with interfacial area while elastic energy scales with the volume of the phase.

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