Atomic force microscopy study for supermolecular microstructures in side-chain liquid crystalline polymer films

Atomic force microscopy (AFM) is employed to study the supermolecular microstructures of disclinations and inversion walls in thin films of a smectic side-chain liquid crystalline polymer. Two-dimensional nanostripes are formed in thin films when the material enters the smectic phase. A possible mec...

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Veröffentlicht in:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids. - 1992. - 21(2005), 8 vom: 12. Apr., Seite 3539-43
1. Verfasser: Zhang, Shanju (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Terentjev, Eugene M, Donald, Athene M
Format: Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2005
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids
Schlagworte:Journal Article
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