ILLUMINATION-RELATED PATTERN FORMATIONS IN LIPID MONOLAYERS
WANG M, PENG RW, MING NB, VANENCKEVORT WJP, BENNEMA P, VANESCH J,
RINGSDORF H, NOLTE RJM
PHYSICS LETTERS A  203: (4) 235-241 JUL 24 1995

Abstract:
We report on the phenomenon that in the two phase coexistence region (LC-LE) of a lipid monolayer film the fractal-like solid domains may grow simply by continuous illumination of a fluorescence microscope. The mechanism of this 2D domain growth is discussed. This phenomenon gives insight into the two-dimensional ramified crystallization. in monolayers.