Science,1999, 285, 1246

Guillaume de Crevoisier¹ , Pascale Fabre^{l ,} Jean-Marc Corpart² , Ludwik Leibler¹

The spreading velocity of liquids on the surface of a liquid crystalline polymer can be tremendously affected by a slight temperature change. Indeed, a bulk transition between a highly ordered smectic and an isotropic phase induces a sharp change from a rigid to a soft behavior, with consequent effects on the tack properties of the liquid crystalline polymer and on the dewetting dynamics of a liquid on its surface.