Capillary-wave roughening of surface-induced layering in liquid gallium

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作者
Regan, MJ
Pershan, PS
Magnussen, OM
Ocko, BM
Deutsch, M
Berman, LE
机构
[1] HARVARD UNIV,DEPT PHYS,CAMBRIDGE,MA 02138
[2] BROOKHAVEN NATL LAB,DEPT PHYS,UPTON,NY 11973
[3] BAR ILAN UNIV,DEPT PHYS,IL-52100 RAMAT GAN,ISRAEL
[4] BROOKHAVEN NATL LAB,NATL SYNCHROTRON LIGHT SOURCE,UPTON,NY 11973
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PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 1996年 / 54卷 / 14期
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10.1103/PhysRevB.54.9730
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T [工业技术];
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摘要
The temperature dependence of surface-induced atomic layering in liquid gallium has been investigated with x-ray reflectivity. The prominent layering peak at q(z)=2.4 Angstrom(-1) decreases dramatically upon heating from 22 to 170 degrees C, but its width stays, unexpectedly, unchanged. The decrease is traced to the temperature dependence of capillary-wave induced surface roughness. The constant width indicates a temperature-independent layering decay length. The measured layering amplitudes are found to be significantly underestimated by existing theory and molecular simulations.
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页码:9730 / 9733
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