Fluctuation-driven first-order crystal to rotator phase transition

被引：1

作者：

Mukherjee, Prabir K. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Presidency Univ, Dept Phys, Kolkata 700073, India

来源：

PHILOSOPHICAL MAGAZINE LETTERS | 2012年 / 92卷 / 04期

关键词：

rotator phases; renormalization-group theory; phase transition; II-R-I; N-ALKANES; LANGMUIR MONOLAYERS; MOLECULAR-DYNAMICS; X-RAY; ORDER;

D O I：

10.1080/09500839.2011.643248

中图分类号：

T [工业技术];

学科分类号：

08 ;

摘要：

This article develops renormalization-group techniques to analyze the phase transition between the crystal and the rotator-V (Rv), phase in n-alkanes. An explicit free energy is constructed and it is verified that the unstable fixed point corresponds to a fluctuation-driven first-order crystal to Rv phase transition. Available experimental data are consistent with our model.

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页码：160 / 165

页数：6

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