A Transient Instability in Thin Films of nCB Liquid Crystals
| dc.creator | Schlagowski, Stefan | |
| dc.creator | Jacobs, Karin | |
| dc.creator | Herminghaus, Stephan | |
| dc.date | 2001-04-23 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T02:41:10Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T02:41:10Z | |
| dc.description | A transient surface instability is reported in thin nematic films of 5CB and 8CB, occurring near the nematic-isotropic phase transition. Although this instability leads to patterns reminiscent of spinodal dewetting, we show that it is actually based on a nucleation mechanism. Its characteristic wavelength does not depend markedly on film thickness, but strongly on the heating rate. | |
| dc.description | 3 pages of text (.tex), 5 figure files (.eps) | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0104439 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0104439 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/17642 | |
| dc.subject | Soft Condensed Matter | |
| dc.title | A Transient Instability in Thin Films of nCB Liquid Crystals | |
| dc.type | text |