Abstract
High-resolution surface tension measurements have been conducted on free-standing films of a specially selected series of liquid-crystal compounds. We have discovered a dramatic change in the surface tension of liquid-crystal compounds by replacing a single fluorine atom in the molecular tail with a hydrogen atom. The implication of this finding will be discussed.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 732-735 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Physical review letters |
| Volume | 80 |
| Issue number | 4 |
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| State | Published - 1998 |