CONFINEMENT-INDUCED FREEZING AND THE LINDEMANN CRITERION

Authors
TKACHENKO AV RABIN Y
Citation
Av. Tkachenko et Y. Rabin, CONFINEMENT-INDUCED FREEZING AND THE LINDEMANN CRITERION, Solid state communications, 103(6), 1997, pp. 361-364
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Condensed Matter
Journal title
Solid state communications → ACNP
ISSN journal
00381098
Volume
103
Issue
6
Year of publication
1997
Pages
361 - 364
Database
ISI
SICI code
0038-1098(1997)103:6<361:CFATLC>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
A simple model of confinement-induced freezing in thin liquid layers i s presented. Under boundary conditions of vanishing displacement field at the walls, confinement suppresses the amplitude of fluctuations in a solid film below a critical value determined by the Lindemann crite rion of melting. The resulting increase of the melting temperature com pared to that of a bulk solid, is estimated and the connection with ex periments is discussed. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd.