Abstract
We present the first observations of near-surface critical phenomena of a phase transition in a molecular solid showing both an order-disorder and a strong displacive component. The surface x-ray scattering experiments were performed on an Br single crystal (=235 K). For the order parameter they show a crossover from a power law with the bulk critical exponent β=0.3±0.05 to a surface behavior with exponent =0.8±0.1. From the diffuse intensity we have determined the critical exponents =1.3±0.15, ν=0.5±0.15, and the correlation length =4±0.5 Å.
- Received 16 March 1993
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.71.1188
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