REENTRANT DISORDERED PHASE IN 2-LAYER FILMS OF KR ON GRAPHITE

被引:13
作者
HAINSEY, RF
GANGWAR, R
SHINDLER, JD
SUTER, RM
机构
[1] Department of Physics, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh
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PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 1991年 / 44卷 / 07期
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10.1103/PhysRevB.44.3365
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T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
We present synchrotron x-ray-scattering measurements probing the second-layer critical-point region of krypton on graphite. We find that the "condensation critical point" is actually a multicritical point with a line of continuous melting transitions extending towards high temperatures. A disordered intermediate phase lies between this melting transition and a continuous bilayer ordering transition at higher chemical potential. The intermediate phase appears to have a melted second layer which induces reentrant disorder in the first layer.
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页码:3365 / 3368
页数:4
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