VACANCY-INDUCED MELTING OF N2 ADLAYERS ON GRAPHITE

被引:25
作者
ETTERS, RD [1 ]
KUCHTA, B [1 ]
BELAK, J [1 ]
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[1] LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATL LAB,LIVERMORE,CA 94550
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.70.826
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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The remarkable melting behavior of partial and complete N2 monolayers deposited on graphite is examined using a Monte Carlo procedure in which various concentrations of vacancies are introduced. The calculated melting temperatures and specific heats are in agreement with experiment over the surface density range 0.2 less-than-or-equal-to rho less-than-or-equal-to 1, where the upper limit is the density of the observed square-root 3 x square-root 3 monolayer structure. Various physical quantities are calculated, and the nature of the transition is discussed.
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