Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
1674108 Thin Solid Films 2008 6 Pages PDF
Abstract

The electrostatic energy in a dipolar monolayer domain with orientational deformation has been analyzed for the study of monolayer shapes. It is demonstrated that a monolayer domain is viewed as a system of interacting induced electric charges distributed at the inside and boundary of a domain. Since induced charge distribution is determined by orientational deformation and domain shape, the electrostatic energy is represented in the form of Frank splay elastic energy with spontaneous splay and curvature elastic energy with spontaneous curvature.

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