Disjoining Pressure and the Film-Height-Dependent Surface Tension of   Thin Liquid Films: New Insight from Capillary Wave Fluctuations
  In this paper we review simulation and experimental studies of thermal capillary wave fluctuations as an ideal means for probing the underlying disjoining pressure and surface tensions, and more generally, fine details of the Interfacial Hamiltonian Model. We discuss recent simulation results that reveal a film-height-dependent surface tension not accounted for in the classical Interfacial Hamiltonian Model. We show how this observation may be explained bottom-up from sound principles of statistical thermodynamics and discuss some of its implications. 
Luis G. MacDowell, Jorge Benet, Nebil A. Katcho and Jose G. Palanco
cond-mat.soft cond-mat.mes-hall cond-mat.stat-mech