Surface melting of nanoscopic epitaxial films

Details Surface melting of nanoscopic epitaxial films Surface melting of nanoscopic epitaxial films

2007-06-20

arxiv.org/abs/0706.2966v1

Surface Science 529 (2003) 59

Physics

Condensed Matter

Materials Science

65 pages, 16 figures

Scientific paper

10.1016/S0039-6028(03)00055-4

By introducing finite size surface and interfacial excess quantities, interactions between interfaces are shown to modify the usual surface premelting phenomenon. It is the case of surface melting of a thin solid film s deposited on a planar solid substrate S. More precisely to the usual wetting condition of the solid s by its own melt l, necessary for premelting (wetting factor F<0), is adjoined a new quantity G describing the interactions of the l/s interface with the s/S interface. When G>0 this interface attraction boosts the premelting so that a two stage boosted surface premelting is foreseen: a continuous premelting, up to roughly half the deposited film, is followed by an abrupt first order premelting. When G<0 these interfaces repell each other so that premelting is refrained and the film remains partly solid above the bulk melting point (overheating) what is called astride melting. Elastic stress modifies both types of melting curves. Bulk and surface stresses have to be distinguished.

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