A Transient Instability in Thin Films of nCB Liquid Crystals

Details A Transient Instability in Thin Films of nCB Liquid Crystals A Transient Instability in Thin Films of nCB Liquid Crystals

2001-04-23

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0104439v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

3 pages of text (.tex), 5 figure files (.eps)

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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.

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