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Semi-infinite systems may undergo surface induced disordering transitions. These transitions exhibit both critical surface behaviour and interface delocalization phenomena. As a consequence, various surface exponents can be defined although there are no bulk exponents. It is shown that the corresponding power laws can be derived from a scaling form for the surface free energy where two independent surface exponentsΔ 1 and α s enter. In addition, global phase diagrams with finite symmetry breaking fields are also briefly discussed.
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Lipowsky, R. Surface induced disordering at first-order bulk transitions. Z. Physik B - Condensed Matter 51, 165–172 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01308770
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