On Interlayer Interaction of 40.8 Free-Standing Films: Experiment and Theory
JIN Anjun Jerry1, LIN Bin2
1Licom Technologies Inc., 200 Innovation Blvd., Research Park, PA 16803, USA
2Department of Physics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
On Interlayer Interaction of 40.8 Free-Standing Films: Experiment and Theory
JIN Anjun Jerry1;LIN Bin2
1Licom Technologies Inc., 200 Innovation Blvd., Research Park, PA 16803, USA
2Department of Physics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
Abstract： Substrate-free films of N-(4-n-butoxybenzylidene-4-n-octylaniline (40.8) show a fascinating interlayer interaction. This interaction significantly affects the next ordering transition, or the second hexatic-B order, upon cooling. The Landau-de Gennes theory is employed to model the effect of the enhanced order by surface-ordering field. Based on this model, it is found that the surface-order penetration depth to be less than one layer.
(Experimental determinations of smectic, nematic, cholesteric, and other structures)
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JIN Anjun Jerry;LIN Bin. On Interlayer Interaction of 40.8 Free-Standing Films: Experiment and Theory[J]. 中国物理快报, 1998, 15(1): 54-56.
JIN Anjun Jerry, LIN Bin. On Interlayer Interaction of 40.8 Free-Standing Films: Experiment and Theory. Chin. Phys. Lett., 1998, 15(1): 54-56.
1998, Vol. 15 
