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Ionic Overlayers on Corrugated Surfaces II: Melting

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 1992

Hyangsuk Seong ,
S.D. Mahanti ,
Surajit Sen  and
Tahir Çağin
Hyangsuk Seong
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy and the Center for Fundamental Materials Research, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824
S.D. Mahanti
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy and the Center for Fundamental Materials Research, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824
Surajit Sen
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy and the Center for Fundamental Materials Research, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824
Tahir Çağin
Affiliation:
Molecular Simulations Inc.,Suite 540, 199 S. Robles Avenue, Pasadena, CA 91101
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Abstract

Using molecular dynamics simulation we have investigated the melting properties of a 2-dimensional system of ions interacting through a screened Coulomb potential in the presence of a substrate. We focus on the role of the substrate potential in the melting transition. The physical system we study is the stage-2 graphite intercalation compound RbC24 and a related system RbC24,57 whose intercalant density differs from the former by a small amount. Our results reveal the nature of melting processes characteristic of periodic domain wall solids.

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Research Article
Information
MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 291: Symposium O – Materials Theory and Modeling , 1992 , 297
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 1993

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