Phase Transition in Surface-Aligned Nematic Films
Phase Transition in Surface-Aligned Nematic Films
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DOI:
10.1103/physrevlett.37.1059
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发表时间:
1976-10
影响因子:
8.6
通讯作者:
P. Sheng
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作者:
P. Sheng
observed in silicon [A. Hauer and S. J, Burns, Appl. Phys. Lett. 27, 524 (1975)]. B.W. Batterman and H. Cole, Rev. Mod. Phys. 36, 681 (1964). The effect of thermal vibrations on A.T. , and, in general„on dynamical diffraction of x rays, is well established. The structure factor I'& is multiplied by the Debye-%aller factor e @. Experimental proofs are given in the following refexences: B. Okkerse, Philips Res. Rep. 17, 464 (1962); B.%. Batterxnan, Phys. Rev. 1M, A1354 (1964); H. Wagenfeld and D. Ling, Phys. Lett. 15, 8 (1965); K. Kohra, S. Kikuta, S. Annaka, and S. Nakano, J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. 21, 1565 (1966). An extensive theoretical treatment is given by Y. H. Otsuki, J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. 19, 2285 (1964), and 21, 2300 (1966}. D. L. Spears, Phys. Rev. B 2, 1981 (1970} E. D. Palik and R. Bray, Phys. Rev. B 8, 8802 (1971). D. A. 0 Connor, Proc. Phys. Soc. , London 91, 917 (1967). A CdS transducer was evaporated on the square end of a 5x 5x 20-mm, dislocation-free silicon crystal, with the long edge parallel to [111]. Longitudinal [111] phonons were piezoelectrically excited at xoom temperature in CdS by applying an rf field (v = 0.9 6Hz} by means of a point contact technique. Cu-An x-ray radiation (A. =1.54 A) was used in this experiment, for which pt ~ 70. It was found that the anomalously diffxacted beam from the (220) planes was x'educed by 16~/o when phonons were present. No satellites were found on the wings of the (220) diffraction peak. It was also found that the (220) Bxagg case diffraction profile, obtained from the square end opposite to that on which the CdS transducer was evaporated, did not show any effect in the presence of phonons. The latter observation is a further confirmation of the superior sensitivity of anomalolls transmission with respect to BrRgg cRSe dlffrRction. This experiment was performed by one of us (R.C.} in collaboration with W. Arnold and A. Freund, at the Max-Planck and the Laue-Langevin Institutes in Grenoble, France. R. Kohler, W. Marbling, and H. Peibst, Phys. Status Solidi 41, 75 (1970). The same theory can be used for interpreting our results obtained in the Bragg case (see Hef. 1).