INTERFACIAL STRUCTURE AND CORRELATIONS IN FINITE-SIZED LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE POLYMER-FILMS

Authors
GEER RE THIBODEAUX KF DURAN RS SHASHIDHAR R
Citation
Re. Geer et al., INTERFACIAL STRUCTURE AND CORRELATIONS IN FINITE-SIZED LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE POLYMER-FILMS, Europhysics letters, 32(5), 1995, pp. 419-424
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Europhysics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
02955075
Volume
32
Issue
5
Year of publication
1995
Pages
419 - 424
Database
ISI
SICI code
0295-5075(1995)32:5<419:ISACIF>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
A quantitative study of the structure and correlation of individual la yer interfaces in a liquid-crystalline polymer multilayer film is repo rted. Off-specular and specular X-ray scattering data on successively deposited Langmuir-Blodgett films of the polymer show that the roughne ss of the first and subsequently deposited smectic layers is directly correlated with that of the chemisorbed hydrophobization layer and not correlated with the underlying silicon substrate.