@article {Lee:2000:0267-8292:501,
title = "Atomic Force Microscopy of freely suspended liquid crystal films transferred to octadecyltriethoxysilane self-assembled monolayers",
journal = "Liquid Crystals",
parent_itemid = "infobike://tandf/tlct",
publishercode ="tandf",
year = "2000",
volume = "27",
number = "4",
publication date ="2000-04-01T00:00:00",
pages = "501-507",
itemtype = "ARTICLE",
issn = "0267-8292",
eissn = "1366-5855",
url = "https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/tandf/tlct/2000/00000027/00000004/art00008",
doi = "doi:10.1080/026782900202697",
author = "Lee, Baek-Woon and Link, Darren R. and Clark, Noel A.",
abstract = "Thin freely suspended films of 4-(2-methylbutyl)phenyl 4'-octylbiphenyl-4-carboxylate (8SI) in the smectic C phase were transferred to self-assembled monolayer coated glass and imaged by atomic force microscopy. Upon rapid cooling to room temperature, the smectic C quenches into a lamellar phase, exhibiting islands and single smectic layer steps. The surface of such films can be imaged with molecular resolution, revealing a partially disordered lattice of fixed molecular positions. Over a period of several days these films undergo a transition to a crystal phase having a different film morphology.",
}