抄録
A phenomenological model of wave propagation in photo-excited liquid-crystalline Langmuir monolayers is constructed. The spontaneous splay deformation of the liquid-crystalline order and the anisotropy of photo-excitation of molecules are taken into account in this model. Numerical simulations of the model well reproduce qualitative features of the wave propagation phenomenon observed in recent experiments. A linear stability analysis of the model equations reveals that an interplay between the spontaneous splay deformation and the anisotropy of the photo-excitation can lead to the wave propagation.
| 本文言語 | English |
|---|---|
| ページ（範囲） | 115-119 |
| ページ数 | 5 |
| ジャーナル | Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces |
| 巻 | 38 |
| 号 | 3-4 SPEC. ISS. |
| DOI | |
| 出版ステータス | Published - 2004 11月 15 |
| 外部発表 | はい |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- バイオテクノロジー
- 表面および界面
- 物理化学および理論化学
- コロイド化学および表面化学