EVIDENCE FOR A DISCOTIC SMECTIC-NEMATIC PHASE INDUCED IN LANGMUIR-BLODGETT-FILMS

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作者
IONOV, R [1 ]
ANGELOVA, A [1 ]
机构
[1] BULGARIAN ACAD SCI,INST BIOPHYS,BU-1113 SOFIA,BULGARIA
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW E | 1995年 / 52卷 / 01期
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10.1103/PhysRevE.52.R21
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
Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) films are reported for an amphiphilic disklike mesogene with a nematic liquid crystalline phase in bulk. The molecular arrangement of a discotic smectic-nematic phase, induced in the LB films, is evidenced by means of x-ray diffraction, atomic force microscopy, and UV-VIS (visible) absorption spectroscopy. The disklike molecules are ''edge-on'' arranged with a bilayer periodicity of 4.45 nm normal to the solid substrate and with a nematic arrangement in the monolayer planes. This structure results in extremely smooth top film surfaces.
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页码:R21 / R24
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