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Wetting and interfacial adsorption in the Blume-Capel model on the square lattice

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We study the Blume-Capel model on the square lattice. To allow for wetting and interfacial adsorption, the spins on opposite boundaries are fixed in two different states, “+1” and “−1”, with reduced couplings at one of the boundaries. Using mainly Monte Carlo techniques, of Metropolis and Wang-Landau type, phase diagrams showing bulk and wetting transitions are determined. The role of the non-boundary state, “0”, adsorbed preferably at the interface between “−1” and “+1” rich regions, is elucidated.

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  1. Applied Mathematics Research Centre, Coventry University, Coventry, CV1 5FB, UK

    N. G. Fytas

  2. Institut für Theoretische Physik and JARA-HPC, RWTH Aachen University, 52056, Aachen, Germany

    W. Selke

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Fytas, N.G., Selke, W. Wetting and interfacial adsorption in the Blume-Capel model on the square lattice. Eur. Phys. J. B 86, 365 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjb/e2013-40475-6

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