Wetting phenomena in bcc binary alloys
Statistical Mechanics
2008-02-03 v2
Abstract
We study the influence of the surface orientation on the wetting behavior of bcc binary alloys, using a semi-infinite lattice model equivalent to a nearest-neighbor Ising antiferromagnet in an external field. The salient feature of the model is the generation of an ``effective'' ordering surface field for symmetry-breaking surface orientations like (100). Such a field couples to the local order parameter at the surface and leads to the occurrence of wetting phenomena below the critical temperature T_c. Utilizing a Ginzburg-Landau continuum model which has been derived earlier from the lattice mean-field theory, the wetting phase diagram is calculated.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9704215,
title = {Wetting phenomena in bcc binary alloys},
author = {R. Leidl and A. Drewitz and H. W. Diehl},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9704215},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
Some minor corrections in Sec.4, Fig.2 replaced