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Interfaces in multi-state models, such as Potts models and higher spin Ising models, may be introduced by fixing the variables at opposite boundaries in two different states. Using, in particular, Monte Carlo techniques it is seen that at the interface more of the non-boundary states are generated than is the case in the absence of interfaces1,2,3, see Fig.1. This phenomenon, the interfacial adsorption of non-boundary states, resembles the appearance of a wetting layer in a two-fluid system in equilibrium with its vapour phase4. Other realizations might be expected in adsorbate systems described by Potts models.
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Selke, W. (1984). Interfacial Adsorption in Multi-State Models. In: Pynn, R., Skjeltorp, A. (eds) Multicritical Phenomena. NATO ASI Series, vol 106. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2741-7_29
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