NOVEL LAYER-BY-LAYER TRANSITIONS FOUND IN FREESTANDING LIQUID-CRYSTALFILMS

Authors
STOEBE T JIN AJ MACH P HUANG CC
Citation
T. Stoebe et al., NOVEL LAYER-BY-LAYER TRANSITIONS FOUND IN FREESTANDING LIQUID-CRYSTALFILMS, Molecular crystals and liquid crystals science and technology. Section A, Molecular crystals and liquid crystals, 260, 1995, pp. 511-520
Citations number
27
Categorie Soggetti
Crystallography
Journal title
Molecular crystals and liquid crystals science and technology. Section A, Molecular crystals and liquid crystals → ACNP
ISSN journal
1058725X
Volume
260
Year of publication
1995
Pages
511 - 520
Database
ISI
SICI code
1058-725X(1995)260:<511:NLTFIF>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
By utilizing our state-of-the-art ac differential free-standing film c alorimetric system, three remarkable surface enhanced layer-by-layer t ransitions in several liquid-crystal compounds have been investigated. Each of these transitions can be well-described by the simple power-l aw expression: L = L(o) t(-V). This demonstrates that these surface en hanced transitions occur on the smooth ''substrate'' with long-range i nteractions.