Surface Plasmon Resonance Study of the Spreading of a Liquid-Crystal Smectic-ADroplet on a Gold Substrate

Autor:	R. Lucht, Christian Bahr
Rok vydání:	2000
Předmět:	Materials science Chemical physics Liquid crystal Bilayer Monolayer Surface plasmon General Physics and Astronomy Surface plasmon resonance Surface plasmon polariton Plasmon Localized surface plasmon
Zdroj:	Physical Review Letters. 85:4080-4083
ISSN:	1079-7114 0031-9007
DOI:	10.1103/physrevlett.85.4080
Popis:	We report a study of the spreading of liquid-crystal smectic- $A$ droplets which completely wet a gold substrate. After the initial spreading of a molecular precursor layer, the droplets develop a complex terraced structure consisting of several monolayers and one bilayer spreading at different rates. During the late stage of spreading the droplet height decreases via a series of layer-by-layer shrinkages until a final state is reached which consists of a single dense monolayer.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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