Thin Films
Two-dimensional (thin film) semi-ordered lattices have been studied using an optical microscope, as well as those collected at electrode surfaces. Digital video microscopy has revealed the existence of an equilibrium hexatic phase as well as a strongly first-order liquid-to-hexatic and hexatic-to-solid phase transition. These observations are in agreement with the explanation that melting might proceed via the unbinding of pairs of lattice dislocations.
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