PMID: 11909089Mar 23, 2002Paper

Dislocation loops in overheated free-standing smectic films

Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics
A N Shalaginov, D E Sullivan

Abstract

Static and dynamic phenomena in overheated free-standing smectic-A films are studied theoretically. The work is based on a generalization, introduced recently by the authors, of de Gennes' theory for a confined presmectic liquid. In this approach, smectic ordering in an overheated film is caused by an intrinsic surface contribution to the film free energy and vanishes at some temperature depending on the number of layers. Here the theory is further generalized to study the dynamics of films with planar inhomogeneities. A static application is to determine the profile of the film meniscus and the meniscus contact angle, the results being compared with those of a recent study employing de Gennes' original theory. The dynamical generalization of the theory is based on a time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau approach. This is used to compare two modes for layer-thinning transitions in overheated free-standing films, namely, "uniform thinning" versus nucleation of dislocation loops. It is concluded that the nucleation mechanism dominates provided there is a sufficiently large pressure difference arising from meniscus curvature. Properties such as the line tension and velocity of a moving dislocation line are evaluated self-consistently by ...Continue Reading

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Apr 20, 2001·Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics·A N Shalaginov, D E Sullivan
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Apr 24, 2002·Physical Review. E, Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics·A N ShalaginovT J Sluckin

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Oct 26, 2005·Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics·P V DolganovH T Nguyen
Aug 25, 2004·Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics·D E Sullivan, A N Shalaginov

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