1995
On the (absence of) surface melting in biphenyl
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Publication
Surf. Sci. , Volume 342 p. 341- 344
The close packed (001) face of the anisotropic molecular crystal biphenyl has been studied using X-ray reflectivity upon approaching the melting point. No evidence for surface melting has been found, in contrast to the observations of Chernov and Yakovlev [Langmuir 3 (1987) 635] for the same crystal face against glass. We speculate that in the latter case the surface melting is not intrinsic but induced by the roughness of the glass.
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de Jeu, W. H, Shindler, J. D, Chandavarkar, S, Geertman, R. M, & Liang, K. S. (1995). On the (absence of) surface melting in biphenyl. Surf. Sci., 342, 341–344.
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