Journal article
Pressure-Driven Commensurate-Incommensurate Transition Low-Temperature Submonolayer Krypton on Graphite
By using D2 gas as a source of two-dimensional spreading pressure, we have studied the commensurate-incommensurate (C-I) transition in submonolayer Kr on ZYX graphite at temperatures near 40 K. High-resolution synchrotron x-ray diffraction results show both hysteresis and C-I phase coexistence, clear signatures of a first-order transition.
This agrees with theoretical predictions, but apparently gives different behavior from earlier studies at higher temperatures and coverages.
Language: | English |
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Year: | 1981 |
Pages: | 582-585 |
ISSN: | 00319007 and 10797114 |
Types: | Journal article |
DOI: | 10.1103/PhysRevLett.47.582 |