Mechanical Properties of Oxygen Multilayers on Graphite
- 10 June 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 54 (23) , 2513-2516
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.54.2513
Abstract
We have used a high-resolution, high-stability, graphite-fiber oscillator to measure properties of oxygen films adsorbed on graphite. We show that the bulk triple temperature is the wetting temperature. The observation of a transition from solid to liquid in the saturated film at a well-defined temperature below the bulk triple temperature is in accord with the prediction of a Potts lattice-gas model of adsorbed systems.Keywords
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