Wettability of nematic liquid crystals

被引：1

作者：

Neogi, P ^{[1
]}

Zhang, XZ ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Missouri, Dept Chem Engn, Rolla, MO 65409 USA

来源：

JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE | 2001年 / 237卷 / 01期

关键词：

liquid crystals; nematic; wettability; contact angle;

D O I：

10.1006/jcis.2001.7421

中图分类号：

O64 [物理化学（理论化学）、化学物理学];

学科分类号：

070304 ; 081704 ;

摘要：

Organic liquids such as nematic liquid crystals should wet solids with high surface energies like mica, yet they generally do not. In the model proposed here, the affinity to wet the solid in form of Hamaker forces is opposed by elastic effects due to nematic order. Results predict correctly that such liquids show small contact angles and the formation of ultrathin liquid films ahead of the bulk drops. (C) 2001 Academic Press.

引用

页码：145 / 146

页数：2

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