TY  - JOUR
AU  - Gompper, G.
AU  - Kroll, D. M.
TI  - The freezing transition of flexible membranes
JO  - epl
VL  - 58
SN  - 0295-5075
CY  - Les Ulis
PB  - EDP Sciences
M1  - PreJuSER-45273
SP  - 60 - 66
PY  - 2002
N1  - Record converted from VDB: 12.11.2012
AB  - The freezing transition of a network model for flexible tensionless membranes fluctuating about a planar reference state is investigated by Monte Carlo simulations and scaling arguments. The bond-orientational order parameter susceptibility is analyzed for three values of the bending rigidity kappa, and it is found that for sufficiently large kappa the low-temperature hexatic phase melts via a universal Kosterlitz-Thouless transition. These results are consistent with recent theoretical predictions that the crumpled-to-crinkled transition occurs via disclination melting for all bending rigidities and tether lengths. However, our simulations provide evidence that the transition becomes first order at very low bending rigidity.
KW  - J (WoSType)
LB  - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
UR  - <Go to ISI:>//WOS:000174756300010
DO  - DOI:10.1209/epl/i2002-00606-0
UR  - https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/45273
ER  -