Surface tension obtained from various smectic free-standing films: The molecular origin of surface tension

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作者
Mach, P
Huang, CC [1 ]
Stoebe, T
Wedell, ED
Nguyen, T
de Jeu, WH
Guittard, F
Naciri, J
Shashidhar, R
Clark, N
Jiang, IM
Kao, FJ
Liu, H
Nohira, H
机构
[1] Univ Minnesota, Sch Phys & Astron, Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA
[2] Univ Bordeaux 1, Ctr Rech Paul Pascal, CNRS, F-33600 Pessac, France
[3] FOM, Inst Atom & Mol Phys, NL-1098 SJ Amsterdam, Netherlands
[4] Univ Nice, Lab Chem Organ Fluor, F-06108 Nice 2, France
[5] USN, Res Lab, Ctr Biomol Sci & Engn, Washington, DC 20375 USA
[6] Univ Colorado, Dept Phys, Boulder, CO 80309 USA
[7] Natl Sun Yat Sen Univ, Dept Phys, Kaohsiung 80424, Taiwan
[8] Saitama Univ, Dept Appl Chem, Urawa, Saitama 338, Japan
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10.1021/la980224j
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O6 [化学];
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0703 ;
摘要
High-resolution surface tension measurements have been carried out on the free-standing films of more than 30 selected liquid-crystal compounds in their smectic phases. Surface tension (gamma) values falling into major categories of 27, 24, 21, 13, and 11.5 dyn/cm have been obtained. The dependence of gamma on specific terminal groups or molecular structures will be discussed. Our results provide important information about the molecular origin of surface tension.
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