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Vertical Melting of a Stack of Membranes

M. E. S. Borelli, H. Kleinert, Adriaan M. J. Schakel

cond-matarXiv:cond-mat/0004432

Abstract

A stack of tensionless membranes with nonlinear curvature energy and vertical harmonic interaction is studied. At low temperatures, the system forms a lamellar phase. At a critical temperature, the stack disorders vertically in a melting-like transition.

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