2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Study of phase separation and fluctuation of liquid crystals in low-dimensional systems via the continuous control of interfacial properties
| Project/Area Number |
21840039
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Biophysics/Chemical physics
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| Research Institution | Kyushu University |
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Principal Investigator |
IWASHITA Yasutaka Kyushu University, 大学院・理学研究院, 助教 (50552494)
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| Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) |
KIMURA Yasuyuki 九州大学, 大学院・理学研究院, 教授 (00225070)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2008 – 2010
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| Keywords | 液晶 / 表面秩序化 / スメクチック相 / 薄膜 |
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| Research Abstract |
We studied the phase and structural transition of smectic thin films in water. As a result, in molecular-order ultrathin films, we found their thinning by one molecular layer on the temperature increase, which has been observed in some particular liquid crystals in air, and also found the difference between our films and such films in air. In addition, we succeeded in preparing spherical ultrathin smectic films. In the films the effect of boundary is fairly less than those in the previous square frame. The phase transition dynamics was observed in the spherical films.
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Research Products
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