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Interfaces, Wetting Phenomena, Incommensurate Phases

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Interfaces may be formed between ordered phases of different types or between ordered and disordered phases. Various interesting interfacial structures may emerge: for example, the interface can be smooth or rough; its thickness may grow continuously or in discrete steps, as one varies external parameters such as the temperature; the interface between two phases may decompose in the presence of a third phase (wetting). Correspondingly, various related critical effects may be encountered at interfaces.

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Selke, W. (1992). Interfaces, Wetting Phenomena, Incommensurate Phases. In: Binder, K. (eds) The Monte Carlo Method in Condensed Matter Physics. Topics in Applied Physics, vol 71. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-02855-1_11

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