A new surface phase in liquid normal-alkanes

X.Z. Wu, B.M. Ocko, E.B. Sirota, S.K. Sinha and M. Deutsch

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 1993, vol. 200, issue 1, 751-758

Abstract: A new surface phase is found in liquid normal-alkanes. X-ray and surface tension measurements show the formation of a crystalline monolayer on the surface of the liquid at temperatures up to 3°C above the bulk solidification temperature, Tf. The molecules in the monolayer are hexagonally packed and oriented normal to the surface. A single solid monolayer persists down to Tf, thus exhibiting a very limited partial wetting. The new surface phase is obtained only for chain lengths 14Date: 1993
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DOI: 10.1016/0378-4371(93)90583-P

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