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1Max-Planck-Institut fur Metallforschung, D-70569 Stuttgart, Germany and Universitat Stuttgart, Institut fur Theoretische und Angewandte Physik, D-70569 Stuttgart, Germany.
Abstract:
The order-disorder transition in a 170 A thick Cu3Au(111) epitaxial alloy film is examined using x-ray diffraction techniques. Below the transition temperature T0, a disordered surface layer of thickness l is detected. This layer exhibits wetting behavior, i.e., l increases, obeying a logarithmic growth law on approach to T0. We show by a detailed analysis of the order parameter profiles that the stiffness of the order-disorder interface is temperature dependent, resulting in a nonuniversality of the wetting transition.
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