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Phase diagrams for adsorbed layers at crystal surfaces

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Bulletin of Alloy Phase Diagrams

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This paper provides an introduction to the rapidly expanding field of phase equilibria within adsorbed layers on crystal surfaces. The types of diagrams used to represent the stability of surface phases and their coexistence are discussed. Experimental methods employed to determine the structure, ranges of stability, and transitions of surface phases are briefly reviewed, and several examples of surface overlayer phase diagrams are presented. Comments are made on the current status of the theoretical treatment of two-dimensional transitions.

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Blakely, J.M., Lad, R.J. & Schrott, A.G. Phase diagrams for adsorbed layers at crystal surfaces. Bulletin of Alloy Phase Diagrams 5, 117–127 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02868938

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