|
Pis'ma v Zhurnal Èksperimental'noi i Teoreticheskoi Fiziki, 2011, Volume 93, Issue 12, Pages 813–817
(Mi jetpl1935)
|
|
|
|
This article is cited in 3 scientific papers (total in 3 papers)
CONDENSED MATTER
Two-stage crystallization on the surface of smectic nanofilms
P. V. Dolganov, K. I. Belov, V. K. Dolganov Institute of Solid State Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences
Abstract:
The influence of the surface and finite size on crystallization in nanofilms of a smectic C liquid crystal with thicknesses between two and several tens of molecular layers has been studied. Transitions in a single surface molecular layer have been detected by optical methods. It has been found that transitions on the film surface take place at a temperature $8{}^\circ$C higher than the crystallization temperature in a bulk sample. Two-stage crystallization has been detected in surface layers where the surface induces a transition to an intermediate structure different from the structure of the phases of the bulk sample.
Received: 13.05.2011
Citation:
P. V. Dolganov, K. I. Belov, V. K. Dolganov, “Two-stage crystallization on the surface of smectic nanofilms”, Pis'ma v Zh. Èksper. Teoret. Fiz., 93:12 (2011), 813–817; JETP Letters, 93:12 (2011), 731–735
Linking options:
https://www.mathnet.ru/eng/jetpl1935 https://www.mathnet.ru/eng/jetpl/v93/i12/p813
|
|