Shape instabilities of islands in smectic films under lateral compression.
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DOI: 10.1039/d2sm00144f
Abstract: Smectic liquid crystals are fluids, and in most rheological situations they behave as such. Nevertheless, when thin freely floating films of smectic A or smectic C materials are compressed quickly in-plane, they resist such stress… read more here.
Keywords: smectic films; islands smectic; films lateral; shape instabilities ... See more keywords