Melting and nonmelting of solid surfaces and nanosystems
By U. Tartaglino, T. Zykova-Timan, F. Ercolessi, E. Tosatti. 2005
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We present an extensive but concise review of our present understanding, largely based on theory and simulation work from our group, on the equilibrium behavior of solid surfaces and nanosystems close to the bulk melting point. In the first part we define phenomena, in particular surface melting and nonmelting, and review some related theoretical approaches, from heuristic theories to computer simulation. In the second part we describe the surface melting/nonmelting behavior of several different classes of solids, ranging from van der Waals crystals, to valence semiconductors, to ionic crystals and metals. In the third part, we address special cases such as strained solids, the defreezing of glass surfaces, and rotational surface melting. Next, we digress briefly to surface layering of a liquid metal, possibly leading to solid-like or hexatic two-dimensional phases floating on the liquid. In the final part, the relationship of surface melting to the premelting of nanoclusters and nanowires is reviewed.
Subfields: Atmospheric Science, Materials Chemistry, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
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- Colloquium: Modeling friction: From nanoscale to mesoscale (2011, background): “Even in equilibrium but at temperatures close to the melting point, the outermost layers of a solid substrate generally undergo ‘‘surface melting’’ (Tartaglino et al., 2005).”
- The physics of premelted ice and its geophysical consequences (2006, methodology): “We describe some of the principal features of these studies in the following; more detailed descriptions are given in several reviews Dash, 1988, 1989a; Pluis and denier van der Gon, 1988; Dash et al., 1995; Suzanne and Gay, 1996; Tartaglino et al., 2005 .”
- Casimir Forces and Quantum Electrodynamical Torques: Physics and Nanomechanics (2007, background): “Such a mechanism is responsible for many phenomena in the nonretarded regime including the surface melting of solids [81] and the vertical ascent of liquid helium within a container (see, for example, the discussion in [28]).”