Surface layering of liquids: The role of surface tension

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dc.creatorShpyrko, Oleg
dc.creatorFukuto, Masafumi
dc.creatorPershan, Peter
dc.creatorOcko, Ben
dc.creatorKuzmenko, Ivan
dc.creatorGog, Thomas
dc.creatorDeutsch, Moshe
dc.date2004-06-24
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T02:58:49Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T02:58:49Z
dc.descriptionRecent measurements show that the free surfaces of liquid metals and alloys are always layered, regardless of composition and surface tension; a result supported by three decades of simulations and theory. Recent theoretical work claims, however, that at low enough temperatures the free surfaces of all liquids should become layered, unless preempted by bulk freezing. Using x-ray reflectivity and diffuse scattering measurements we show that there is no observable surface-induced layering in water at T=298 K, thus highlighting a fundamental difference between dielectric and metallic liquids. The implications of this result for the question in the title are discussed.
dc.description5 pages, 4 figures, to appear in Phys. Rev. B. 69 (2004)
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0406579
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0406579
dc.identifierPhys. Rev. B 69 245423, (2004)
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevB.69.245423
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/24260
dc.subjectSoft Condensed Matter
dc.titleSurface layering of liquids: The role of surface tension
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