Tetra Point Wetting at the Free Surface of Liquid Ga-Bi

 Title: Tetra Point Wetting at the Free Surface of Liquid Ga-Bi Author: Huber, P.; Shpyrko, O. G.; Pershan, Peter S.; Ocko, B. M.; DiMasi, E.; Deutsch, M. Note: Order does not necessarily reflect citation order of authors. Citation: Huber, P., O. G. Shpyrko, Peter S. Pershan, B. M. Ocko, E. DiMasi, and M. Deutsch. 2002. Tetra point wetting at the free surface of liquid Ga-Bi. Physical Review Letters 89(3): 035502. Access Status: Full text of the requested work is not available in DASH at this time (“dark deposit”). For more information on dark deposits, see our FAQ. Full Text & Related Files: Huber_Tetra.pdf (203.4Kb; PDF) Abstract: A continuous surface wetting transition, pinned to a solid-liquid-liquid-vapor tetra coexistence point, is studied by x-ray reflectivity in liquid Ga-Bi binary alloys. The short-range surface potential is determined from the measured temperature evolution of the wetting film. The thermal fluctuations are shown to be insufficient to induce a noticeable breakdown of mean-field behavior, expected in short-range-interacting systems due to their $$d_u$$ = 3 upper critical dimensionality. Published Version: doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.035502 Other Sources: http://liquids.deas.harvard.edu/peter/2002.pdf/gabiprlTPW.pdf Citable link to this page: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:10356595 Downloads of this work:

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