Kinetics of a structural phase transition in Langmuir monolayers studied using x-ray diffraction.

Authors :: Lin, B.
Peng, J.B.
Ketterson, J.B.
Dutta, P.
Thomas, B.N.
Buontempo, J.
Rice, Stuart A.
Source :: Journal of Chemical Physics; 2/15/1989, Vol. 90 Issue 4, p2393-2397, 5p
Publication Year :: 1989
Abstract: Studies the kinetics of a structural phase transition in Langmuir monolayers of amphiphilic molecules. Microscopic relaxation mechanism in monolayers; Relationship between temperature and monolayer structure; rate of nucleation of a hexagonal phase from a metastable shear-induced structure.

Subjects :: PHASE transitions
MONOMOLECULAR films
MOLECULES
CHEMICAL kinetics
TEMPERATURE
QUANTUM chemistry

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