Vertical Melting of a Stack of Membranes
Condensed Matter
2009-10-31 v1
Abstract
A stack of tensionless membranes with nonlinear curvature energy and vertical harmonic interaction is studied. At low temperatures, the system forms a lamellar phase. At a critical temperature, the stack disorders vertically in a melting-like transition.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0004432,
title = {Vertical Melting of a Stack of Membranes},
author = {M. E. S. Borelli and H. Kleinert and Adriaan M. J. Schakel},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0004432},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
8 pages, 2 figures