Spatiotemporal patterns in a Langmuir monolayer due to driven molecular precession

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Gupta, R K ^a   Suresh, K A ^a   Kumar, S ^a   Lopatina, L M ^b   Selinger, R L B ^b   Selinger, J V ^b  

^a RAMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; LIGHT SOURCES; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MOISTURE; MONOLAYERS;

BREWSTER ANGLE MICROSCOPIES; CHIRAL LIQUID CRYSTALS; LANGMUIR MONOLAYERS; MESOGENIC MOLECULES; ORIENTATIONAL WAVES; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; SPATIOTEMPORAL PATTERNS; SPIRAL PATTERNS; TOPOLOGICAL DEFECTS;

MOLECULAR ORIENTATION;

EID: 54149095596     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.78.041703     Document Type: Article

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