Abstract
You have already heard from Erio Tosatti the state of the art on surface melting. I wish to examine today some more special points and in particular:
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How to describe surface melting thermodynamically?
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How to compute the thickness of the molten layer?
This point should be divided into two parts:
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Mean field
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Fluctuations
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2a)
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What do molecular dynamics simulations teach us?
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How does diffusion take place in the molten layer?
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Experiments
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Stochastic theories
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Simulations
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Many of the results discussed here refer to the Ph.D. work of Chen Xiaojie1.
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Levi, A.C. (1991). On Surface Melting. In: Taub, H., Torzo, G., Lauter, H.J., Fain, S.C. (eds) Phase Transitions in Surface Films 2. NATO ASI Series, vol 267. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-5970-8_18
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