Surface melting of neon and argon films: Profile of the crystal-melt interface
- 1 February 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 60 (5) , 432-435
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.60.432
Abstract
Surface melting in Ne films evolves with thickness from logarithmic to power-law temperature dependence. The thin-film behavior appears to be due to the expected exponential decay of solid order. The variation with thickness of the melting entropy is examined to determine the profile of the crystal-melt interface. The interface width is approximately 6 layers in Ne and 4 in Ar.Keywords
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