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Novel wetting behavior in quantum films

E. Cheng, M. W. Cole, J. Dupont-Roc, W. F. Saam, and J. Treiner

E. Cheng

  • Department of Physics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210 and Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802

M. W. Cole

  • Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802

J. Dupont-Roc

  • Laboratoire de Spectroscopie Hertzienne, Département de Physique de I'Ecole Normale Supérieure, 24 rue Lhomond, 75231 Paris CEDEX 05, France

W. F. Saam

  • Department of Physics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210

J. Treiner

  • Division de Physique Théorique, Institut de Physique Nucléaire, F-91406 Orsay CEDEX, France

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Rev. Mod. Phys. 65, 557 – Published 1 April, 1993

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/RevModPhys.65.557

Abstract

Theory and experiment have revealed that novel behavior occurs when a Cs surface is exposed to He4 vapor. For temperature T below the wetting temperature (Tw≃2 K), He4 forms only a microscopically thin film as the vapor pressure P increases from zero to its saturated value. For intermediate values of T (Tw≤T≤Tc≃2.5 K), the film thickness jumps discontinuously at a prewetting transition pressure Ppw(T). For P>Ppw, and for all P if T>Tc, the film grows continuously to infinite thickness as saturation is approached. Microscopic theories of these phenomena are discussed in terms of the basic physics of electrons and atomic interactions. Initial experimental observations are summarized. Related phenomena of interest are described, including observation of prewetting with adsorbates other than He and substrates other than Cs.

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