Theory of Tricriticality for Miscut Surfaces
- 10 June 1996
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 76 (24), 4568-4571
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.76.4568
Abstract
We propose a theory for the observed tricriticality in the orientational phase diagram of Si(113) misoriented towards [001]. The systems seem to be at or close to a very special point for long range interactions.Keywords
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