Generation of Maxwell Displacement Current Across Single monolayers due to Phase transition

  • Mitsumasa Iwamoto (Department of Physical Electronics, Tokyo Institute of Technology) ;
  • Wu, Chen-Xu (Department of Physical Electronics, Tokyo Institute of Technology)
  • Published : 1996.05.01

Abstract

Starting from the Debye theory of rotational Brownian motion equation, we derive an expression for explaining the generation of Maxwell displacement current (MDC) across single monolayers on a material surface. The orientational order parameter and the dielectric relaxation the of monolayers are derived. Based on fille analyses developed here, we examine the MDC across phospholipid monolayers with thermal stimulation due to the change in the spontaneous polarization, and the generation of MDC from 4-cyano-4\`-5-alkayl-biphenyl(5CB) Langmuir-film at the onset of transition by monolayer compression

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