DIRECT OBSERVATION OF THE BROWNIAN-MOTION OF A LIQUID-CRYSTAL TOPOLOGICAL DEFECT

被引：54
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作者：
MUZNY, CD
CLARK, NA
机构：
[1] Condensed Matter Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309
来源：
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS | 1992年 / 68卷 / 06期
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D O I：
10.1103/PhysRevLett.68.804
中图分类号：
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号：
0702 ;
摘要：
Optical study of point disclinations in the two-dimensional director field of freely suspended smectic-C liquid-crystal films shows that these defects exhibit Brownian spontaneous positional fluctuations.
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页码：804 / 807
页数：4
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