Physics of solid and liquid alkali halide surfaces near the melting point

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 123, Issue 16, 2005, Pages

  Zykova Timan, T ^a   Ceresoli, D ^a   Tartaglino, U ^a,b   Tosatti, E ^a,c  

^a SISSA   (Italy)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^c ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALI HALIDE SURFACES; COULOMB FORCES; SOLID-LIQUID INTERFACES; THERMODYNAMIC INTEGRATION;

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; FREE ENERGY; FREEZING; MELTING; PHASE INTERFACES; SURFACE STRUCTURE; WETTING;

ALKALI METAL COMPOUNDS;

EID: 27444439209     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2035096     Document Type: Article

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