Optical microscopic and ellipsometric studies of the spreading of a mesogeniccompound on a rough substrate are reported on. The smectic wets the surface and a precursor¯lm grows whose radius R scales like the square root of time t: R ¼ (Dt)1=2. The di®usioncoe±cient decreases with temperature and vanishes several degrees below the melting temperature,i.e. the solid phase also \spreads out" through a precursor ¯lm. The e®ect is analysedin terms of surface-induced premelting. This is the ¯rst report on such an e®ect in mesogenicmaterials.
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Titolo: | Conventional and non-conventional spreading of a mesogenic material |
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Data di pubblicazione: | 1996 |
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Handle: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11770/134574 |
Appare nelle tipologie: | 1.1 Articolo in rivista |