Effect of boundary conditions on fluctuations and solid-liquid transition in confined films

A. Tkachenko, Y. Rabin

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Abstract

A simple model of confinement-induced freezing in thin liquid layers is 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 criterion of melting. The resulting increase of the melting temperature compared to that of a bulk solid is estimated, and the connection with experiments is discussed. The effects of other boundary conditions are also studied.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)7146-7150
Number of pages5
JournalLangmuir
Volume13
Issue number26
DOIs
StatePublished - 24 Dec 1997

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