A two-stage mechanism was proposed for the rotational surface disordering phase transition of a molecular crystal. The existence of new intermediate regime between a low-temperature ordered state and a high-temperature disordered phase was studied using Monte Carlo simulations. A partial disorder, strongest for a subset of frustrated surface molecules was found in the intermediate regime.

Two-stage rotational disordering of a molecular crystal surface: C-6 / Laforge, C.; Passerone, D.; Harris, A. B.; Lambin, P.; Tosatti, Erio. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS. - ISSN 0031-9007. - 87:8(2001), pp. 855031-855034. [10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.085503]

Two-stage rotational disordering of a molecular crystal surface: C-6

Tosatti, Erio
2001-01-01

Abstract

A two-stage mechanism was proposed for the rotational surface disordering phase transition of a molecular crystal. The existence of new intermediate regime between a low-temperature ordered state and a high-temperature disordered phase was studied using Monte Carlo simulations. A partial disorder, strongest for a subset of frustrated surface molecules was found in the intermediate regime.
2001
87
8
855031
855034
085503
https://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0101346
Laforge, C.; Passerone, D.; Harris, A. B.; Lambin, P.; Tosatti, Erio
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