Texture changes inside smectic-C droplets in azobenzene langmuir monolayers

Langmuir

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 2948-2955

  Ignés Mullol, Jordi ^a   Claret, Josep ^a   Albalat, Rosa ^a   Crusats, Joaquim ^a   Reigada, Ramon ^a   Romero, Maria Teresa Martín ^b   Sagués, Francesc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZOBENZENE; BREWSTER ANGLE MICROSCOPY; GRAZING INCIDENCE X-RAY DIFFRACTION (GIDX); LANGMUIR MONOLAYERS;

BIREFRINGENCE; COALESCENCE; FATTY ACIDS; ISOMERS; LANGMUIR BLODGETT FILMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; TEXTURES; THERMAL EFFECTS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

MONOLAYERS;

EID: 16244385938     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la0473557     Document Type: Article

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