Bagdinova Anna N, Demikhov Evgeny I, Borisenko Nataliya G, Tolokonnikov Sergei M
Cryogenic Department, P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 53 Leninskiy Prospekt, Moscow, 119991, Russia.
Neutron Physics department, P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 53 Leninskiy Prospekt, Moscow, 119991, Russia.
Beilstein J Nanotechnol. 2017 Nov 29;8:2544-2551. doi: 10.3762/bjnano.8.254. eCollection 2017.
This work presents the first high-resolution nanoprofilometry study consisting of nanoscale resolution surface profile measurements and high-quality visualization of a the free surface of a liquid crystal-air boundary. The capabilities of this new experimental method, as applied for liquid crystal free boundaries, are discussed. The formation of focal conic domain structures at the smectic-A-air free boundary was detected and studied.
这项工作展示了首个高分辨率纳米轮廓测定研究,该研究包括纳米级分辨率的表面轮廓测量以及液晶 - 空气边界自由表面的高质量可视化。讨论了这种应用于液晶自由边界的新实验方法的能力。检测并研究了近晶A - 空气自由边界处焦锥域结构的形成。