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Phenomenological approach to a transition into the incommensurate phase for thin films

Materials Science 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

A phenomenological theory of the incommensurate phase transition in thin films is presented for the case of the single-component order parameter. The order parameter distribution over the film is obtained under the assumption of slowly-varying amplitude. The size effect on the temperature of the phase transition into the incommensurate phase has been considered.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0303294,
  title  = {Phenomenological approach to a transition into the incommensurate phase for thin films},
  author = {E. V. Charnaja and S. A. Ktitorov and O. S. Pogorelova},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0303294},
  year   = {2007}
}

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Revtex-4, 9 pages, 4 figures