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Experimental Investigations of Surface Melting

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Surface order-disorder transitions form an exciting new area in modern surface science. Among these phase transitions in a system of reduced dimensionality, surface melting is receiving special attention in view of its possible role in initiating bulk melting. Surface melting involves a positional disordering of a crystal lattice in the surface region, at temperatures just below the melting point Tm of the crystal. The first thoughts about such a phenomenon have already been formulated in the 19th century [1]. Since then, theoretical studies [2,3] as well as computer simulations [4] have yielded detailed predictions concerning the melting transition for semi-infinite media and for thin films.

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  1. Max-Planck-Institut für Strömungsforschung, Bunsenstraße 10, D-3400, Göttingen, Fed. Rep. of Germany

    J. W. M. Frenken, J. P. Toennies & Ch Wöll

  2. FOM-Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics, Kruislaan 407, NL-1098, SJ Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    B. Pluis, A. W. Denier van der Gon & J. F. van der Veen

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Frenken, J.W.M., Toennies, J.P., Wöll, C., Pluis, B., van der Gon, A.W.D., van der Veen, J.F. (1988). Experimental Investigations of Surface Melting. In: van der Veen, J.F., Van Hove, M.A. (eds) The Structure of Surfaces II. Springer Series in Surface Sciences , vol 11. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-73343-7_89

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