title: When boundaries dominate: dislocation dynamics in smectic films.
abstract: We discuss the influence of dissipation at a system boundary (film-meniscus interface) on the dynamics of dislocation loops inside a smectic film. This dissipation induces a strong coupling between dislocations-effectively independent of their separation-leading to their nontrivial dynamics. Because of these dynamics, the effective "dynamical" radius of nucleation can be 10 times larger than the usual static critical radius.
authors.affiliation: Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, Laboratoire de Physique, 46 Allée d'Italie, 69364 Lyon Cedex 07, France.
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Oswald
authors.forename: Pawel
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pieranski
authors.forename: Frédéric
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Picano
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Holyst