Second-layer phase herringbone ordering

Figure 4.14. Phase diagram, coverage vs. temperature, of N2 physisorbed on graphite. Symbols used fluid without any positional or orientational order (F), reentrant fluid (RF), commensurate orientationally disordered solid (CD), commensurate herringbone ordered solid (HB), uniaxial incommensurate orientation-ally ordered (UlO) and disordered (UID) solid, triangular incommensurate orientationally ordered (lO) and disordered (ID) solid, second-layer liquid (2L), second-layer vapour (2V), second-layer fluid (2F), bilayer orientationally ordered (2SO) and disordered (2SD) solid. Solid lines are based on experimental results whereas the dashed lines are speculative. Adapted from Marx Wiechert, 1996.

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