A transfer matrix approach to the 3D wetting and pinning problems
- 1 January 1983
- journal article
- Published by EDP Sciences in Journal de Physique
- Vol. 44 (10) , 1135-1142
- https://doi.org/10.1051/jphys:0198300440100113500
Abstract
We consider the pinning of an interface on a 3D lattice by an edge potential (semi-infinite geometry). This situation models the wetting transition occurring in such physical systems as binary fluids or adsorbed gases. The transfer matrix method is used to get exact results on strips of finite width; we propose a way of extrapolating them and of deriving the phase diagram of the infinite system. The mechanism of the transition changes when the pinning and roughening temperatures coincideKeywords
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