Collective reorientation in isolated smectic-C langmuir monolayer droplets induced by line tension anisotropy

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 108, Issue 45, 2004, Pages 17274-17277

  Claret, Josep ^a   Reigada, Ramon ^a   Albalat, Rosa ^a   Crusats, Joaquim ^a   Abad, Enrique ^a   Ignés Mullol, Jordi ^a   Sagués, Francesc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

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Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FREE ENERGY; ISOMERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; TEXTURES;

AMPHIPHILIC COMPOUNDS; BIOCHEMICAL SENSORS; BREWSTER ANGLE MICROSCOPY (BAM); VARIABLES;

MONOLAYERS;

EID: 9144267849     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp046182r     Document Type: Article

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