Anisotropy of the interface energy of IA and IB metals at a boundary with organic liquids

A statistical electron technique for calculating the interface energy at a boundary with nonpolar organic liquids is proposed in the context of the Frenkel–Gambosh–Zadumkin theory. The anisotropy of the interface energy is determined. The general dependences of the interface energies of alkali metals, copper, silver, and gold on temperature, the atomic numbers of metals, and the dielectric permeability of the organic liquid are found.