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Monte Carlo Simulations of Growth Kinetics and Phase Transitions at Interfaces: Some Recent Results

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2011

P. Nielaba  and
K. Binder
P. Nielaba
Affiliation:
Institut für Physik, Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Staudingerweg 7, D-6500 Mainz, FRG
K. Binder
Affiliation:
Institut für Physik, Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Staudingerweg 7, D-6500 Mainz, FRG
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Abstract

In the first part Monte Carlo studies of the kinetics of multilayer adsorption (without screening) are described. The approach to the jamming coverage in each layer is asymptotically exponential. The jamming coverages approach the infinite-layer limit value according to a power law. In the second part, studies of phase transitions in two dimensional fluids are reviewed. With a combination of Monte Carlo and finite size scaling block analysis techniques, accurate values are obtained for the critical temperatures, coexistence densities and the compressibilities of an adsorbed fluid layer in an NVT ensemble.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 237: Symposium Ca – Interface Dynamics and Growth , 1991 , 37
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1992

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