Stiffening transition in vicinal surfaces with adsorption

Authors
Akutsu, N Akutsu, Y Yamamoto, T
Citation
N. Akutsu et al., Stiffening transition in vicinal surfaces with adsorption, PROG T PHYS, 105(2), 2001, pp. 361-366
Citations number
56
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
PROGRESS OF THEORETICAL PHYSICS
ISSN journal
0033068X → ACNP
Volume
105
Issue
2
Year of publication
2001
Pages
361 - 366
Database
ISI
SICI code
0033-068X(200102)105:2<361:STIVSW>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
We study the vicinal surface with adsorption below the roughening temperatu re, using a solid-on-solid model coupled with the Ising model. We calculate the step tension gamma and the step-interaction coefficient B using the de nsity matrix algorithm. We find a temperature T-s where B vanishes and that the surface free energy has the form f(p) - f(0) = gammap + (const) p(5) ..., where p is the surface gradient.