LAYERING TRANSITION IN CONFINED MOLECULAR THIN-FILMS - NUCLEATION AND GROWTH

被引:87
作者
PERSSON, BNJ [1 ]
TOSATTI, E [1 ]
机构
[1] SCUOLA INT SUPER STUDI AVANZATI, I-34014 TRIESTE, ITALY
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PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 1994年 / 50卷 / 08期
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10.1103/PhysRevB.50.5590
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T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
When a fluid is confined between two molecularly smooth solid surfaces (e.g., mica surfaces) it tends to form layers of molecular thickness parallel to the surfaces. We study the process of the squeezing out of a monolayer as a function of an applied normal pressure. We estimate the pressure necessary to ''nucleate'' the thickness transition (n --> n - 1, where n is the number of monolayers) and study the ''growth'' or ''spreading'' of the removal process after the nucleation has occurred.
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页码:5590 / 5599
页数:10
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