Question: Consider a heterogeneous nucleation on a flat surface (as shown below, schematic (left), young's equation relationship (right)). It nucleates into a cubic shape (side length

 Consider a heterogeneous nucleation on a flat surface (as shown below,

Consider a heterogeneous nucleation on a flat surface (as shown below, schematic (left), young's equation relationship (right)). It nucleates into a cubic shape (side length of a), derive the formula of the critical side length (a) of the cube and its corresponding Gibbs free energy (G)

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