Two-Dimensional Pressure ofMonolayers: First-Order Melting of the Incommensurate Solid
- 12 November 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 53 (20), 1931-1934
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.53.1931
Abstract
The melting of incommensurate solid monolayers on graphite is studied with a strain gauge sensitive to two-dimensional pressure. The observations are characteristic of first-order transitions broadened by substrate heterogeneity and inconsistent with the calculated behavior of dislocation-mediated melting. These results and other recent experiments raise serious questions as to the completeness of the theory.
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