On the nature of striped phases: striped phases as a stage of “melting” of 2D crystals V. Derzhko, J. Jędrzejewski and T. Krokhmalskii Eur. Phys. J. B, 68 4 (2009) 501-510 Published online: 01 April 2009 DOI: 10.1140/epjb/e2009-00120-9