Preroughening Transitions in Surfaces
- 30 November 1987
- journal article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 59 (22), 2578-2581
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.59.2578
Abstract
We introduce a new type of phase of crystal surface and interfaces. This disordered flat phase appears intermediate between the familiar flat and rough phases in the presence of short-range interactions of a type common in experiments. The surface remains flat on average although it contains a disordered array of steps. The preroughening transition into the disordered flat phase belongs to a new universality class. Finite-size-scaling calculations for the restricted solid-on-solid model confirm the existence of the disordered flat phase and the preroughening transition.Keywords
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