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Nanoprofilometry study of focal conic domain structures in a liquid crystalline free surface
Anna N Bagdinova1, Evgeny I Demikhov1, Nataliya G Borisenko2
1Cryogenic Department, P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 53 Leninskiy Prospekt, Moscow, 119991, Russia.
Abstract:
This work presents the first high-resolution nanoprofilometry study consisting of nanoscale resolution surface profile measurements and high-quality visualization of a the free surface of a liquid crystal-air boundary. The capabilities of this new experimental method, as applied for liquid crystal free boundaries, are discussed. The formation of focal conic domain structures at the smectic-A-air free boundary was detected and studied.
