Two-dimensional melting

David R. Nelson

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 1981, vol. 106, issue 1, 108-109

Abstract: Recent theoretical work1) on the Kosterlitz-Thouless2) model of dislocation-mediated melting in two dimensions suggests the existence of a new “hexatic” phase of matter, intermediate between a solid and a liquid. Basic theoretical ideas are reviewed, together with experiments and computer simulations capable of testing these results. We also discuss the dynamics of two-dimensional melting3), phase transitions in smectic liquid crystal films4), anisotropic melting5), and melting of layered materials like smectics, cholesterics, and the Rayleigh-Bénard convection cells6).

Date: 1981
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DOI: 10.1016/0378-4371(81)90210-7

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