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Finite Size Scaling Tools for the Study of Interfacial Phenomena and Wetting

Dieter W. HeermannKurt Binder

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Thermal equilibriumMagnetizationMaterials scienceCondensed matter physicsSpinsLattice (order)Ising modelWettingScalingWater vapor

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In this chapter, we use the word “interface” in the sense of a boundary between coexisting bulk phases (in thermal equilibrium). An example is the interface between liquid (e.g. water) and gas phases (water vapor) but also interfaces between fluid and solid phases (e.g. water and ice) can be considered, as well as interfaces between coexisting solid phases. The generic example are “domain walls” in magnets, separating domains with opposite orientation of the magnetization, a case that can already be studied in the framework of the simple Ising model (Chaps. 2 and 3) where one has spins on the sites of a rigid perfect lattice pointing up or down.

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2019-01-01
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-10758-1_8