First-order versus second-order interface localization transition of thin ising films with competing walls

Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 3353-3356

  Ferrenberg, Alan M ^a   Landau, D P ^a   Binder, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 0000071521     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.58.3353     Document Type: Article

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