Thin nematic films on liquid substrates




U. Delabre, C. Richard and Anne-Marie Cazabat
Some specificities of wetting by cyanobiphenyls liquid crystals
J. Phys : Condensed Matter, 21, 464129 (2009)
U. Delabre, C. Richard and Anne-Marie Cazabat
Thin nematic films on liquid substrates
Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 113, 3647 (2009)
U. Delabre, C. Richard, J. Meunier and Anne-Marie Cazabat
Line tension of nematic pancakes at the air-water interface: Static and dynamic measurements
Europhysics Letters 83, 6, 66004 (2008)
U. Delabre, C. Richard, G. Guéna, J. Meunier and Anne-Marie Cazabat
Nematic pancakes revisited
Langmuir 24, 8, 3998 (2008)
Evaporation



M.Cachile, O.Bénichou, A.M.Cazabat
“Evaporating droplets of completely wetting liquids”
Langmuir 18, 7985 (2002)
M.Cachile, O.Bénichou, C.Poulard, A.M.Cazabat
“Evaporating droplets ”
Langmuir 18, 8070 (2002)
C.Poulard, O.Bénichou, A.M.Cazabat
Freely receding evaporating droplets
Langmuir 19, 8828 (2003)
C. Poulard, G. Guéna, A.-M. Cazabat, A. Boudaoud, M. Ben Amar;
Rescaling the dynamics of evaporating drops.
Langmuir; 21(18) pp 8226 - 8233; 2005
C. Poulard, G. Guéna, A.-M. Cazabat
“Diffusion-driven evaporation of sessile drops”
Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, vol 17, p.S4213, 2005
G. Guéna, C. Poulard, M.Voué, J.De Coninck, A.-M. Cazabat ,
“Evaporation of sessile liquid droplets”
Colloids & Surfaces A (291), p.191-196 , 2006
. Guéna, C. Poulard, A.-M. Cazabat
“The contact angle of droplets evaporating at ambient temperature”
Applied Mathematics Research eXpress, article ID 23465, p.1, 2006
G. Guéna, C. Poulard, A.-M. Cazabat
“Evaporating drops of alkanes mixtures”
Colloids & Surfaces A (298) p.2-11, 2007
G. Guéna, C. Poulard, A.-M. Cazabat,
“The leading edge of evaporating droplets"
Journal of Colloid Int.Sci, 312, p.164-171, 2007
G. Guéna, P.Allancon, A.-M. Cazabat
“Receding contact angle in the situation of complete wetting. Experimental check of a model used for evaporating droplets”
Colloids & Surfaces A (300) p.307-314. , 2007
Thin nematic films on solid substrates


R.Barberi, N.Scaramuzza, V.Formoso, M.P.Valignat, R.Bartolino, A.M.Cazabat
"Conventional and non conventional spreading of a mesogenic material"
Europhysics Letters, 34, p 349, 1996
M.P.Valignat, S.Villette, L.Jun, R.Barberi, R.Bartolino, E.Dubois-Violette, A.M.Cazabat
"Wetting and anchoring of a nematic on a rough surface"
Phys.Rev.Letters, 77, p.1994, 1996
M.P.Valignat, D.Duca, A.M.Cazabat, R.Bartolino
"Surface induced effects in Liquid Crystals: a microscopic study"
Molecular crystals and liquid crystals, 301, p.151, 1997
S.Bardon, M.P.Valignat, A.M.Cazabat, W.Stocker, J.P.Rabe
"Study of liquid crystal prewetting films by atomic force microscopy in the tapping mode"
Langmuir, 14, p.2916, 1998
F.Vandenbrouck, S.Bardon, M.P.Valignat, A.M.Cazabat
"Wetting transition and divergence of the extrapolation length near the nematic-isotropic transition"
Phys.Rev.Lett., 81, p.610, 1998
F.Vandenbrouck, M.P.Valignat, A.M.Cazabat
"Thin nematic films: metastability and spinodal dewetting"
Phys.Rev.Lett., 82, p.2693, 1999
S.Bardon, R.Ober, M.P.Valignat, F.Vandenbrouck, A.M.Cazabat, J.Daillant
"Organization of cyanobiphenyl liquid crystal moleculess in pre-wetting films spreading on silicon wafers"
Phys.Rev.E 59, p.6808, 1999
D. Van Effenterre, R. Ober, M.P. Valignat, A.M. Cazabat.
"Binary separation in very thin nematic films: thickness and phase coexistence"
Phys. Rev. Lett, 87 p.1257 (2001).
M.P. Valignat, F. Vandenbrouck, A.M. Cazabat.
"The role of long range forces in the stability of nematic films".
Mol. cryst. liq. cryst. sci. techno. A 358 (2001), p.287
Tears of wine

J.B.Fournier, A.M. Cazabat,
"Tears of wine"
Europhysics Letters,.20, p. 517 (1992)
R.Vuilleumier, V.Ego, L.Neltner, A.M.Cazabat
"Tears of wine: the stationary state"
Langmuir, 11, p.4117, 1995
Macroscopic spreading of liquid crystals
C.Poulard, A.M.Cazabat
“Spontaneous spreading of nematic liquid crystals”
Langmuir, 21, 6270-6276, 2005
C. Poulard, M.Voué, J.De Coninck, A.-M. Cazabat
"Spreading of nematic liquid crystals on hydrophobic substrates"
Colloids and Surfaces A282, p.240 (2006)