New features of two-dimensional soft matter domains: Dips and quasicusps.
New features of two-dimensional soft matter domains: Dips and quasicusps.
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二维软物质域的新特征:倾角和准尖点。
DOI:
10.1103/physrevlett.75.3297
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发表时间:
1995
影响因子:
8.6
通讯作者:
Fournier Jb
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作者:
P. Galatola;Fournier Jb
We determine the equilibrium shapes of Langmuir monolayer domains using a generalized Gibbs-Thomson equation. We obtain kinked domains whose scaling behavior agrees with that experimentally observed. We find new shape features characteristic of soft matter: dips and quasicusps. Soft matter exhibits two antagonistic trends: it gives rise to kinks even for very small anisotropies, due to the appearance of virtual textural defects, and it avoids true sharp singularities, due to the softness of its bulk.