Coupling of phase transitions in Langmuir monolayers
Jiang, M. ; Zhong, Fan ; Xing, D. Y. ; Dong, Jinming
College Park, Md. : American Institute of Physics (AIP)
Published 1999
College Park, Md. : American Institute of Physics (AIP)
Published 1999
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1089-7690
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AIP Digital Archive
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Physics
Chemistry and Pharmacology
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A Ginzburg–Landau theory is presented to study coupled first-order gas–liquid phase transition and second-order orientational phase transition in Langmuir monolayers. We show that the coupling between the two phase transitions has a strong influence on the orientational phase transition, making the polar order phase separated from the isotropic one. Such a phase separation will substantially suppress the onset of the transition and the growth of the polar order parameter, which accords with the existing experiments. © 1999 American Institute of Physics.
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Electronic Resource
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