Quantitative Brewster angle microscopy measurements of chiral symmetry breaking and chiral boundaries in fatty acid Langmuir monolayers

1999 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 263-269 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Lautz ◽  
T.M. Fischer
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acid ◽  
Symmetry Breaking ◽  
Chiral Symmetry ◽  
Chiral Symmetry Breaking ◽  
Langmuir Monolayers ◽  
Brewster Angle ◽  
Brewster Angle Microscopy

Optical measurements of the phase diagrams of Langmuir monolayers of fatty acid, ester, and alcohol mixtures by Brewster-angle microscopy

1997 ◽  
Vol 106 (5) ◽  
pp. 1913-1920 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ellis Teer ◽  
Charles M. Knobler ◽  
Carsten Lautz ◽  
Stefan Wurlitzer ◽  
John Kildae ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acid ◽  
Phase Diagrams ◽  
Fatty Acid Ester ◽  
Acid Ester ◽  
Langmuir Monolayers ◽  
Brewster Angle ◽  
Optical Measurements ◽  
Brewster Angle Microscopy ◽  
Alcohol Mixtures

Chiral Symmetry Breaking and Pattern Formation in Two-Dimensional Films

1992 ◽  
Vol 292 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan V. Selinger ◽  
Zhen-Gang Wang ◽  
Robijn F. Bruinsma
Keyword(s):  
Symmetry Breaking ◽  
Chiral Symmetry ◽  
Landau Theory ◽  
Chiral Symmetry Breaking ◽  
Orientational Order ◽  
Langmuir Monolayers ◽  
Spontaneous Breaking ◽  
Racemic Mixture ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Freely Suspended

AbstractThin films of organic molecules, such as Langmuir monolayers and freely suspended smectic films, can exhibit a spontaneous breaking of chiral symmetry. This chiral symmetry breaking can occur through at least three possible mechanisms: (1) the relation between tilt order and bond-orientational order in a tilted hexatic phase, (2) a special packing of non-chiral molecules on a two-dimensional surface, and (3) phase separation of a racemic mixture. Because the chiral order parameter is coupled to variations in the direction of molecular tilt, chiral symmetry breaking leads to the formation of patterns in the tilt direction with one-dimensional or two-dimensional order. Using a Landau theory, we investigate these patterns and predict the critical behavior near the chiral symmetry breaking transition.

scholarly journals Chiral symmetry breaking in Langmuir monolayers and smectic films

1993 ◽  
Vol 70 (8) ◽  
pp. 1139-1142 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan V. Selinger ◽  
Zhen-Gang Wang ◽  
Robijn F. Bruinsma ◽  
Charles M. Knobler
Keyword(s):  
Symmetry Breaking ◽  
Chiral Symmetry ◽  
Chiral Symmetry Breaking ◽  
Langmuir Monolayers

scholarly journals A Possible Resolution to Troubles of SU(2) Center Vortex Detection in Smooth Lattice Configurations

Universe ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. 122
Author(s):  
Rudolf Golubich ◽  
Manfried Faber
Keyword(s):  
Symmetry Breaking ◽  
Quantum Chromodynamics ◽  
Chiral Symmetry ◽  
Chiral Symmetry Breaking ◽  
Vortex Model ◽  
Center Vortex ◽  
Vortex Detection

The center vortex model of quantum-chromodynamics can explain confinement and chiral symmetry breaking. We present a possible resolution for problems of the vortex detection in smooth configurations and discuss improvements for the detection of center vortices.

scholarly journals Spontaneous chiral symmetry breaking in the massive Landau gauge: Realistic running coupling

2021 ◽  
Vol 103 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcela Peláez ◽  
Urko Reinosa ◽  
Julien Serreau ◽  
Matthieu Tissier ◽  
Nicolás Wschebor
Keyword(s):  
Symmetry Breaking ◽  
Chiral Symmetry ◽  
Chiral Symmetry Breaking ◽  
Landau Gauge ◽  
Spontaneous Chiral Symmetry Breaking ◽  
Running Coupling
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