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Theory of Defects in Condensed Phases of Langmuir Monolayers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2011

Jonathan V. Selinger
Jonathan V. Selinger*
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90024, and Department of Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125
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Abstract

Recent fluorescence-microscopy experiments have observed two types of defects—star defects and striped textures-in the liquid—condensed phases of Langmuir monolayers. These defects can be understood through a continuum elastic theory. This theory predicts both splay stripes, which are driven by the asymmetry between molecular heads and tails, and bend stripes, which are driven by a spontaneous breaking of chiral symmetry in the monolayer. These predictions are compared with experimental observations.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 248: Symposium O – Complex Fluids , 1991 , 29
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1992

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