Isotropic droplets in thin free standing smectic films

Langmuir

Volumn 18, Issue 25, 2002, Pages 9735-9743

  Schüring, Heidrun ^a   Stannarius, Ralf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY FORCES; DROPLET GEOMETRY; ISOTROPIC DROPLETS; THIN FREE STANDING SMECTIC FILMS; TRAPPING MECHANISM;

DROP FORMATION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); INTERFEROMETRY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); SURFACE TENSION; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 0037059131     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la0260436     Document Type: Article

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