STUDY OF THE WORM TEXTURE IN A NEMATIC POLYMER

Authors
DENEVE T KLEMAN M NAVARD P
Citation
T. Deneve et al., STUDY OF THE WORM TEXTURE IN A NEMATIC POLYMER, Comptes rendus de l'Academie des sciences. Serie 2, Mecanique, physique, chimie, sciences de l'univers, sciences de la terre, 316(8), 1993, pp. 1037-1044
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Journal title
Comptes rendus de l'Academie des sciences. Serie 2, Mecanique, physique, chimie, sciences de l'univers, sciences de la terre → ACNP
ISSN journal
07644450
Volume
316
Issue
8
Year of publication
1993
Pages
1037 - 1044
Database
ISI
SICI code
0764-4450(1993)316:8<1037:SOTWTI>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
The defects of the worm texture of a nematic liquid crystalline polyme r are studied by scanning electron microscopy. The observed surfaces a re first prepared by ultramicrotoming, then etched with acid or reveal ed by polyethylene vaporization. The preliminary observations reveal t he existence of half-integer twist disclination loops lying inside the shearing plane.