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Devil's Staircase–Type Faceting of a Cubic Lyotropic Liquid Crystal

Pawel Pieranski, Paul Sotta, Daniel Rohe, and Marianne Imperor-Clerc
Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 2409 – Published 13 March 2000
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Abstract

The faceting of monocrystals of the lyotropic cubic liquid crystals in equilibrium with a humid atmosphere is observed. Experiments reveal the presence of more than 60 different types of facets on the surface of a spherical crystal of radius R=1mm. The devil's staircase type of faceting has been predicted theoretically when the interaction between steps on the crystal surface is repulsive.

  • Received 17 September 1999

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.2409

©2000 American Physical Society

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Pawel Pieranski, Paul Sotta, Daniel Rohe, and Marianne Imperor-Clerc

  • Laboratoire de Physique des Solides, Associé au CNRS, Bâtiment 510, Université Paris-Sud, 91405, Orsay Cedex, France

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Vol. 84, Iss. 11 — 13 March 2000

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