LONG-RANGE ORDER IN 2-DIMENSIONAL AND 3-DIMENSIONAL SMECTIC-B LIQUID-CRYSTAL FILMS

被引：188
作者：
MONCTON, DE
PINDAK, R
机构：
[1] Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill
来源：
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS | 1979年 / 43卷 / 10期
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D O I：
10.1103/PhysRevLett.43.701
中图分类号：
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号：
0702 ;
摘要：
This Letter presents x-ray studies of freely suspended smectic liquid-crystal films from 2 to >100 layers thick. Smectic-B thick films of butyloxybenzylidene octylaniline (40.8) have three-dimensional long-range order while thin films are two-dimensional crystals. Large diffuse scattering is observed from soft shear waves, propagating perpendicular to the layers, and three new low-temperature phases with different interlayer order in thick films are found. © 1979 The American Physical Society.
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