Landau theory of wetting in systems with a two-component order parameter
- 1 March 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B
- Vol. 33 (5), 3322-3328
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.33.3322
Abstract
Landau theory is used to examine the wetting behavior of systems with a two-component order parameter. First order and continuous transitions are found. The wetting exponents are shown to be nonuniversal and depend, in certain regions, continuously on the parameters of the problem. Generalization to more components is immediate.Keywords
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