SURFACE-TENSION OF FREESTANDING LIQUID-CRYSTAL FILMS

被引:27
作者
STOEBE, T
MACH, P
HUANG, CC
机构
[1] School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
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D O I
10.1103/PhysRevE.49.R3587
中图分类号
O35 [流体力学]; O53 [等离子体物理学];
学科分类号
070204 ; 080103 ; 080704 ;
摘要
A unique system has been developed and used to determine the surface tension of free-standing films of three different liquid-crystal compounds in the smectic phases. The results obtained have been found to be in good agreement with the existing experimental data. For one of these compounds, the surface tension has also been found to be independent of film thickness from over 100 down to only 2 molecular layers.
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页码:R3587 / R3590
页数:4
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