Structure of smectic defect cores: X-ray study of 8CB liquid crystal ultrathin films

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Michel, Jean Philippe ^a,b,c,d   Lacaze, Emmanuelle ^a,b,c,d   Goldmann, Michel ^a,b,c,d   Gailhanou, Marc ^b,c,d   De Boissieu, Marc ^c,d   Alba, Michel ^d  

^a INSTITUT DES NANOSCIENCES DE PARIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c GRENOBLE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (France)

^d CEA SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL DEFECTS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIFFRACTION; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; TOPOLOGY;

8CB LIQUID CRYSTAL ULTRATHIN FILMS; CYLINDRICAL GEOMETRY; HALF TUBE-SHAPED ROTATING GRAIN BOUNDARIES;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 32644488344     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.027803     Document Type: Article

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