Coupled Hamiltonians and three-dimensional short-range wetting transitions

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 250, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 167-230

  Parry, A O ^a   Swain, P S ^a,b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF COLLOIDS AND INTERFACES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MAGNETIC PERMEABILITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

GINZBURG CRITERION; INTERFACIAL HAMILTONIAN MODELS; ISING MODEL;

WETTING;

EID: 0032000849     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4371(97)00525-6     Document Type: Article

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