Interfacial tension at the boundary between nematic and isotropic phases of a hard rod solution

Macromolecules

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 219-226

  Koch, Donald L ^a   Harlen, Oliver G ^b  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; FREE ENERGY; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; SURFACE TENSION;

BOLTZMANN'S CONSTANT; HARD ROD SOLUTION; ISOTROPIC PHASES;

MACROMOLECULES;

EID: 0032737982     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma980779l     Document Type: Article

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