IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/eee/phsmap/v175y1991i1p59-86.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Incommensurate surface phases in a model of reconstruction and roughening

Author

Listed:
  • Jug, Giancarlo
  • Tosatti, Erio

Abstract

An anisotropic solid-on-solid type model is introduced to attempt a unified description of both the surface reconstruction and roughening phase transitions. The low-temperature phase diagram of the model is investigated in detail via a domain-wall analysis revealing the presence of several incommensurate phases, separated by continuous phase transitions, for temperatures T between reconstruction, Tc, and roughening TR. True commensurate order develops only at T = 0, but a pseudo commensurate-incommensurate transition at Tc∗ > 0 marks the onset of thermal surface deconstruction. A high-temperature roughening transition of the Kosterlitz-Thouless type should terminate the sequence of incommensurate phases. The resulting phase diagram may apply to the description of systems such as noble metal [110] solid-vapour interface structures.

Suggested Citation

  • Jug, Giancarlo & Tosatti, Erio, 1991. "Incommensurate surface phases in a model of reconstruction and roughening," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 175(1), pages 59-86.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:phsmap:v:175:y:1991:i:1:p:59-86
    DOI: 10.1016/0378-4371(91)90269-I
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/037843719190269I
    Download Restriction: Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only. Journal offers the option of making the article available online on Science direct for a fee of $3,000
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1016/0378-4371(91)90269-I?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Richard L. Brinkman, 1981. "Culture in Neoinstitutional Economics: An Integration of Myrdal and Galbraith into the Veblen‐Ayres Matrix," American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 40(4), pages 401-413, October.
    2. Patnaik, K. Uma Shankar, 1985. "Economic Performance of Groundnut Marketing Channels: A Case Study of Rayalaseema Region of Andhra Pradesh," Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics, Indian Society of Agricultural Economics, vol. 40(1), January.
    3. Tosatti, E. & Vulpiani, A. & Zannetti, M., 1990. "Quantum mapping of classical diffusion in random media in D > 1 space dimensions," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 164(3), pages 705-714.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.

      More about this item

      Statistics

      Access and download statistics

      Corrections

      All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:eee:phsmap:v:175:y:1991:i:1:p:59-86. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

      If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

      If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

      If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

      For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Catherine Liu (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/physica-a-statistical-mechpplications/ .

      Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

      IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.