Correlations in the thermal fluctuations of free-standing smectic-a films as measured by x-ray scattering

Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 536-549

  Mol, E A L ^a   Shindler, J D ^a   Shalaginov, A N ^a   de Jeu, W H ^a  

^a FOM INSTITUTE AMOLF   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CORRELATION METHODS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FREE ENERGY; FUNCTIONS; HYDRODYNAMICS; INTEGRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SURFACE TENSION; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ELASTIC CONSTANTS; FILM THICKNESS; FREE STANDING SMECTIC FILMS; HEPTYL PERFLUORHEXYLETHYLPHENYL PYRIMIDIN; THERMAL FLUCTUATIONS; WAVE VECTOR TRANSFER; X RAY SCATTERING;

SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 0030197105     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.54.536     Document Type: Article

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