Abstract
Upon increasing temperature, high-resolution optical reflectivity data have revealed unusual melting transitions above the smectic-A–isotropic transition in free-standing films of one partially perfluorinated compound. For sufficiently thin films (fewer than nine layers), a sequence of regular layer-by-layer thinning transitions is found. The evolution of this unique thinning process can be well described by a simple power law with exponent ζ=0.70.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 4386-4389 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics |
| Volume | 55 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1997 |
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