DIRECT OBSERVATION OF THE BROWNIAN-MOTION OF A LIQUID-CRYSTAL TOPOLOGICAL DEFECT

被引：53

作者：

MUZNY, CD

CLARK, NA

机构：

[1] Condensed Matter Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS | 1992年 / 68卷 / 06期

关键词：

D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevLett.68.804

中图分类号：

O4 [物理学];

学科分类号：

0702 ;

摘要：

Optical study of point disclinations in the two-dimensional director field of freely suspended smectic-C liquid-crystal films shows that these defects exhibit Brownian spontaneous positional fluctuations.

引用

页码：804 / 807

页数：4

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