Experimental Evidence of a Roughening Transition in Adsorbed Xenon Multilayers
- 29 August 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 51 (9) , 782-785
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.51.782
Abstract
In this Letter evidence is provided for a roughening transition in adsorbed xenon multilayers on palladium. The layer-distinctive Xe photoemission is used to measure adsorption isotherms as well as the relative equilibrium population of individual Xe layers. Below the roughening temperature xenon adsorbs layer by layer. Above simultaneous population of different layers takes place.
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