Phys. Rev. E 58, R1 - R3 (1998)

Corner wetting transition in the two-dimensional Ising model

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Adam Lipowski
Magnetism Theory Division, Department of Physics, Adam Mickiewicz University, Ul. Umultowska 85, 61-614 PoznaƄ, Poland

Rapid Communication Received 4 March 1998

We study the interfacial behavior of the two-dimensional Ising model at the corner of weakened bonds. Monte Carlo simulations results show that the interface is pinned to the corner at a lower temperature than a certain temperature Tcw at which it undergoes a corner wetting transition. The temperature Tcw is substantially lower than the temperature of the ordinary wetting transition with a line of weakened bonds. A solid-on-solid-like model is proposed, which provides a supplementary description of the corner wetting transition.


©1998 The American Physical Society

URL: http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevE.58.R1
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.58.R1
PACS: 64.60.Cn, 05.50.+q, 68.45.Gd

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