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Title: Formation of liquid crystalline phases from a langmuir monolayer
Authors: Suresh, K.A.
Bhattacharyya, Amitabha.
Issue Date: 1997
Publisher: American Chemical Society
Citation: Langmuir, 1997, Vol.13, p1377-1380
Abstract: We report the transformation of a two-dimensional monolayer at the air-water interface into three-dimensional liquid crystalline phases on continuous tuning of the surface molecular density. On compressing a 4'-n-octyl-4-cyanobiphenyl monolayer, at room temperature, we obtain multilayer domains whose thicknesses range from a few layers to hundreds of layers. Above 28 C, these domains undergo a phase transition and change to much thicker lenslike domains. On expansion, these domains revert to the monolayer. Although these domains originate from a monolayer, we find that they exhibit features typical of liquid crystals.
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URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2289/2856
ISSN: 0743-7463
1520-5827 (Online)
Alternative Location: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/la960574a
Copyright: 1997 American Chemical Society
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