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  2. Morphology and Ordering in Thin Liquid-Crystal Films on Flat Glass Substrates
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Abstract

Results of a high resolution x-ray reflectivity study of growth morphology and ordering of thin liquid-crystal films on flat glass substrate are reported. An adsorbed bilayer of crystalline order, under three dimensional clusters, was found to persist well beyond the nematic to isotropic transition. This adsorbed layer appears to be related to the surface memory effects in liquid-crystal devices. The morphology of these films can be described by the Stranski-Krastanov growth mode.
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Article
Identifier(s)
10.1103/PhysRevLett.71.2773
Publication Date
1993-10-25
Publication Title
Physical Review Letters
Volume
71
Issue
17
First Page
2773
Last Page
2776
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Department of Physics
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Copyright 1993 American Physical Society. Available on publisher's site at http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.71.2773.
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Shi, Y., Cull, B., & Kumar, S. (1993). Morphology and Ordering in Thin Liquid-Crystal Films on Flat Glass Substrates. Physical Review Letters. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.71.2773
Shi, Yushan, Brian Cull, and Satyendra Kumar. 1993. “Morphology and Ordering in Thin Liquid-Crystal Films on Flat Glass Substrates”. Physical Review Letters. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.71.2773.
Shi, Y., B. Cull, and S. Kumar. Morphology and Ordering in Thin Liquid-Crystal Films on Flat Glass Substrates. Physical Review Letters, 25 Oct. 1993, doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.71.2773.