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  2. Tilt stripe textures in Langmuir monolayers of fatty acids
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Abstract

Quantitative studies are described of striped textures in Langmuir monolayers of tetradecanoic and pentadecanoic acids. The textures, which are the result of modulations of the tilt azimuths of the molecules, have been visualized with polarized fluorescence microscopy. The stripe widths change with pressure and temperature. When the monolayer is compressed beyond a threshold pressure, the stripes become unstable and form a zig-zag pattern, which is likely the result of a crossover between the bend and splay elastic constants in the monolayer.
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Article
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10.1016/0378-4371(94)90449-9
Publication Date
1994-03
Publication Title
Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and Its Applications
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Volume
204
Issue
1-4
First Page
606
Last Page
615
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Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute
Department of Physics
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Schwartz, D., Ruiz-Garcia, J., Qiu, X., Selinger, J., & Knobler, C. (1994). Tilt stripe textures in Langmuir monolayers of fatty acids. Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and Its Applications. https://doi.org/10.1016/0378-4371(94)90449-9
Schwartz, Daniel, Jaime Ruiz-Garcia, Xia Qiu, Jonathan Selinger, and Charles Knobler. 1994. “Tilt Stripe Textures in Langmuir Monolayers of Fatty Acids”. Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and Its Applications. https://doi.org/10.1016/0378-4371(94)90449-9.
Schwartz, D., J. Ruiz-Garcia, X. Qiu, J. Selinger, and C. Knobler. Tilt Stripe Textures in Langmuir Monolayers of Fatty Acids. Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and Its Applications, Mar. 1994, doi:10.1016/0378-4371(94)90449-9.