Neutron Scattering as a Probe of the Orientational Ordering of Nitrogen Molecules on Graphite
- 29 October 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 43 (18), 1329-1332
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.43.1329
Abstract
Orientational ordering of nitrogen-molecule overlayers on graphite has been investigated by neutron diffraction. The ordering transition is found to occur at 30 K in both the registered and dense-solid phases despite a 5% difference in the nearest-neighbor distance.Keywords
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