Prewetting transitions of Ar and Ne on alkali metal surfaces

Abstract

We have studied by means of Density-Functional calculations the wetting properties of Ar and Ne adsorbed on a plane whose adsorption properties simulate the Li and Na surfaces. We use reliable ab-initio potentials to model the gas-substrate interactions. Evidence for prewetting transitions is found for all the systems investigated and their wetting phase diagrams are calculated.

6 pages, 8 figures, submitted for publication in Phys. Rev. B

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