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Title: | Phase transitions in Langmuir monolayers |
Authors: | Suresh, K.A. Bhattacharyya, Amitabha. |
Keywords: | Langmuir monolayers Liquid crystals Phase transitions Critical phenomena |
Issue Date: | Jul-1999 |
Publisher: | Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore, India. |
Citation: | Pramana, 1999, Vol. 53, p93-106. |
Abstract: | Some fatty acids, lipids, polymers and mesogenic molecules which are amphiphilic in nature spread at the air-water interface to form stable Langmuir monolayers. They exhibit a rich variety of two-dimensional (2D) phases. In this article, we briefly review some of the novel features we have found in these monolayers. For example, we find transition from a 2D monolayer to three-dimensional structures possessing liquid crystalline order, induced liquid condensed phase, demixing of liquid expanded phase, critical points and pattern formation. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2289/1026 |
ISSN: | 0304-4289 |
Copyright: | Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore, India. |
Appears in Collections: | Research Papers (SCM) |
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