Abstract
A density-functional theory capable of predicting free energies and spatially dependent number densities of simple classical fluids is applied to the case of argon films in the presence of a solid carbon dioxide substrate. For pressures less than the saturated vapor pressure, a new phase transition for which the order parameter is the film thickness is described. The phases are the usual unsaturated film and a one- or two-atomic-layer structure localized at the argon-C${\mathrm{O}}_{2}$ interface.
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ArgonMaterials scienceThin filmPhase transitionSubstrate (aquarium)Phase (matter)Density functional theoryLayer (electronics)Condensed matter physicsThermodynamicsChemical physicsAtomic physicsNanotechnologyChemistryComputational chemistryPhysics
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- 1977
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- article
- Volume
- 38
- Issue
- 25
- Pages
- 1486-1489
- Citations
- 486
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C. Ebner,
W. F. Saam
(1977).
New Phase-Transition Phenomena in Thin Argon Films.
Physical Review Letters
, 38
(25)
, 1486-1489.
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.38.1486
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- DOI
- 10.1103/physrevlett.38.1486