NEW FEATURES OF 2-DIMENSIONAL SOFT MATTER DOMAINS - DIPS AND QUASICUSPS

被引：19

作者：

GALATOLA, P ^{[1
]}

FOURNIER, JB ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] UNIV PARIS 11, PHYS SOLIDES LAB, F-91405 ORSAY, FRANCE

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS | 1995年 / 75卷 / 18期

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D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevLett.75.3297

中图分类号：

O4 [物理学];

学科分类号：

0702 ;

摘要：

We determine the equilibrium shapes of Langmuir monolayer domains using a generalized Gibbs-Thomson equation. We obtain kinked domains whose scaling behavior agrees with that experimentally observed. We find new shape features characteristic of soft matter: dips and quasicusps. Soft matter exhibits two antagonistic trends: it gives rise to kinks even for very small anisotropies, due to the appearance of virtual textural defects, and it avoids true sharp singularities, due to the softness of its bulk.

引用

页码：3297 / 3300

页数：4

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