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    Chiral Symmetry Breaking and Pattern Formation in Two-Dimensional Films

    Thin films of organic molecules, such as Langmuir monolayers and freely suspended smectic films, can exhibit a spontaneous breaking of chiral symmetry. This chiral symmetry breaking can occur through at least ...

    Jonathan V. Selinger, Zhen-Gang Wang, Robijn F. Bruinsma in MRS Online Proceedings Library (1992)

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    A New Mechanism for Lubrication in Liquid Crystals

    Recent synchrotron X-ray scattering studies on the thermotropic liquid crystal lubricant 8CB under shear flow have shown that for high shear rates the smectic layers are oriented perpendicular to the orientati...

    Robijn F. Bruinsma, Cyrus R. Safinya in MRS Online Proceedings Library (1992)