"We present the basics of a powerful contemporary statistical mechanical technique that can be used by students to explore first-order phase transitions by themselves and for models of their own construction. The technique is a generalization of the well-known Peierls argument and is applicable to various models on a lattice. We illustrate the technique with the help of two simple models that were recently used to simulate phase transitions on surfaces." . "2"^^ . "GB - Spojen\u00E9 kr\u00E1lovstv\u00ED Velk\u00E9 Brit\u00E1nie a Severn\u00EDho Irska" . "Modelling of phase transitions: do it yourself"@en . "P(GBP105/12/G059)" . "European Journal of Physics" . "000312252500019" . . "[56845F2D7DF6]" . "Medve\u010F, Igor" . "Modelling of phase transitions: do it yourself" . "1" . . "Chiral discrimination; Langmuir monolayers; ferromagnetism; sizes"@en . "RIV/68407700:21110/13:00200064!RIV14-GA0-21110___" . . . "Trn\u00EDk, Anton" . . . "Medve\u010F, Igor" . . . "10.1088/0143-0807/34/1/95" . "Valovi\u010Dov\u00E1, L." . "RIV/68407700:21110/13:00200064" . . "0143-0807" . "88951" . "Modelling of phase transitions: do it yourself"@en . "12"^^ . . "Trn\u00EDk, Anton" . "4"^^ . "21110" . "Modelling of phase transitions: do it yourself" . . "We present the basics of a powerful contemporary statistical mechanical technique that can be used by students to explore first-order phase transitions by themselves and for models of their own construction. The technique is a generalization of the well-known Peierls argument and is applicable to various models on a lattice. We illustrate the technique with the help of two simple models that were recently used to simulate phase transitions on surfaces."@en . . . . "Huckaby, D. A." . . "34" . .