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Collective behavior of light-induced droplets in smectic membranes

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Collective behavior and organization of droplets in thin smectic membranes were investigated using polarized light microscopy. Droplets were nucleated in membranes by light illumination. We observed the formation of periodic hexagonal and square lattice structures from droplets at large droplet concentration. Nearly linear dependence between period of structure and droplet size was found. We observed that droplets are nucleated on dislocations and periodic chain of droplets may be formed along a dislocation.

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  1. Institute of Solid State Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences 142432 Moscow Region, Chernogolovka, Russia

    P. V. Dolganov, E. I. Demikhov & V. K. Dolganov

  2. Institute of Chemical Reactants and Especially Pure Substances IREA, Bogorodsky val 3, 107076, Moscow, Russia

    B. M. Bolotin

  3. Chemistry Department, University of Padernborn, 33095, Padernborn, Germany

    K. Krohn

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Received: 29 september 2003, Published online: 5 February 2004

PACS:

61.30.Eb Experimental determinations of smectic, nematic, cholesteric, and other structures - 64.70.Md Transitions in liquid crystals - 68.03.Cd Surface tension and related phenomena

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Dolganov, P.V., Demikhov, E.I., Dolganov, V.K. et al. Collective behavior of light-induced droplets in smectic membranes. Eur. Phys. J. E 12, 593–597 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1140/epje/e2004-00031-6

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