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Meniscus-induced thinning of smectic nanofilms
P. V. Dolganova, V. K. Dolganova, E. I. Katsb a Institute of Solid State Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Chernogolovka, Moscow region, 142432 Russia
b Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Chernogolovka, Moscow region, 142432 Russia
Abstract:
A new mechanism of thinning of smectic nanofilms is discovered, differing from that previously described in experimental and theoretical works. The size and shape of a meniscus change at a temperature above the temperature of the Smectic-A–isotropic liquid bulk phase transition. Near the temperature of instability of nanofilms, the boundary of the meniscus penetrates deeper into a nanofilm and the thickness of the meniscus becomes about and smaller than the thickness of the nanofilm. A thinner region of the film that is formed in the meniscus near the boundary with the film induces the thinning of the entire nanofilm.
Received: 19.12.2021 Revised: 24.12.2021 Accepted: 24.12.2021
Citation:
P. V. Dolganov, V. K. Dolganov, E. I. Kats, “Meniscus-induced thinning of smectic nanofilms”, Pis'ma v Zh. Èksper. Teoret. Fiz., 115:4 (2022), 236–240; JETP Letters, 115:4 (2022), 208–212
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