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Self-organizing propagation patterns from dynamic self-assembly in monolayers

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Propagation of localized orientational waves, as imaged by Brewster angle microscopy, is induced by low intensity linearly polarized light inside axisymmetric smectic-C confined domains in a photosensitive molecular thin film at the air/water interface (Langmuir monolayer). Results from numerical simulations of a model that couples photoreorientational effects and long-range elastic forces are presented. Differences are stressed between our scenario and the paradigmatic wave phenomena in excitable chemical media.

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Articles publicats en revistes (Ciència dels Materials i Química Física)

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Self-organizing propagation patterns from dynamic self-assembly in monolayers