Quasi-continuous melting of model polymer monolayers prompts reinterpretation of polymer melting
Ruibin Zhang, William S. Fall, Kyle Wm. Hall and 3 more
Nature Communications · 2021
doi:10.1038/s41467-021-21799-9 (opens in a new tab)
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Abstract
Melting is considered a strictly first-order transition and therefore cannot proceed continuously. Here the authors challenge this concept for long-chain compounds by demonstrating continuous melting of thin layers on graphite where the barrier for such melting, the interface crowding, is removed.
Abstract licence: CC BY-NC-ND
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