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Capillary condensation of a nematic liquid crystal observed by force spectroscopy | K Kocevar
; A Borstnik
; I Musevic
; S Zumer
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25 Jun 2001 | Journal: | Phys Rev Lett, 86 (26 Pt 1), 5914-7 | Abstract: | We have observed capillary condensation in nanometer-thin films of nematic liquid crystals using force spectroscopy. The liquid crystal was confined to a submicron gap between a flat substrate and a microsphere, attached to the cantilever of an atomic force microscope. A long-ranged and strongly attractive force due to capillary condensation of a nematic phase was observed at temperatures close to the bulk isotropic-nematic phase transition. The critical point, terminating the first-order confined isotropic-nematic transition line, was determined for the first time. | Source: | PubMed, pmid11415392 | Services: | Forum | Review | Favorites |
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