First-order wetting transitions of neon on solid CO[sub 2] from density functional calculations.

We have studied the wetting behavior of neon on the surface of solid CO[sub 2] by means of density functional calculations. Our results suggest that a wetting transition occurs at a temperature about 5 K below the bulk critical temperature, accompanied by the characteristic first-order prewetting transitions slightly away from coexistence. © 2000 American Institute of Physics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]