Anharmonicity but absence of surface melting on Al(001)

Anharmonicity and disorder on the Cu(110) surface.

Strong anharmonicity induces quantum melting of charge density wave in 2H-NbSe_2 under pressure

Thermodynamic origin of surface melting on ice crystals.

Since the pioneering prediction of surface melting by Michael Faraday, it has been widely accepted that thin water layers, called quasi-liquid layers (QLLs), homogeneously and completely wet ice surfaces. Contrary to this conventional wisdom, here we both theoretically and experimentally demonstrate that QLLs have more than two wetting states and that there is a first-order wetting transition b...

Critical examination of prewetting and surface melting on caprolactam

In a previous study, surface melting on the ~001! surface of caprolactam ~C6H11ON! was reported to proceed in a series of layering transitions, followed by a prewetting transition. We have reproduced the original results and shown that they can be better explained by the wetting of hydrated caprolactam ~with H2O molecules at bridging sites between the caprolactam dimers! on caprolactam, and tha...

Impact ejecta-induced melting of surface ice deposits on Mars

Fluvial features present around impact craters on Mars can offer insight into the ancient martian climate and its relationship to the impact cratering process. The widespread spatial and temporal distribution of surface ice on Mars suggests that the interaction between impact cratering and surface ice could have been a relatively frequent occurrence. We explore the thermal and melting effects o...