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SUBMITTER: Chua Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3549100 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chua Yenchao Y Leahy Brian B Zhang Minke M You Siheng S Lee Ka Yee C KY Coppersmith Susan N SN Lin Binhua B
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20121207 3
We investigate experimentally and theoretically the sequence of phases that occurs when a self-assembled monolayer of gold nanoparticles supported on a fluid is compressed uniaxially in a Langmuir trough. Uniaxial compression of the monolayer results in the appearance of lines that have been shown to be regions of trilayer. These lines exhibit complex patterns that depend on the extent of compression. We show that these patterns can be understood in terms of an equilibrium statistical mechanical ...[more]