Interfacial adsorption phenomena of the three-dimensional three-state Potts model

TL;DR

This paper investigates the interfacial adsorption phenomena in the three-dimensional three-state Potts model using Monte Carlo simulations, revealing a first-order phase transition at a specific critical temperature.

Contribution

It provides the first finite-size scaling analysis of interfacial adsorption in this model, confirming the nature of the phase transition.

Findings

Phase transition is of first-order.

Critical temperature determined as k_B T_C / J = 1.8166(2).

Finite-size scaling supports the first-order transition.

Abstract

We study the interfacial adsorption phenomena of the three-state ferromagnetic Potts model on the simple cubic lattice by the Monte Carlo method. Finite-size scaling analyses of the net-adsorption yield the evidence of the phase transition being of first-order and $k_{\rm B} T_{\rm C} / J = 1.8166 (2)$.