Morphology and kinetics of the isotropic-nematic phase transition in dispersions of hard rods

Macromolecules

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 2256-2264

  Van Bruggen, M P B ^a,b   Dhont, J K G ^a   Lekkerkerker, H N W ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; DECOMPOSITION; LIGHT SCATTERING; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; MORPHOLOGY; NUCLEATION; PHASE INTERFACES; PHASE SEPARATION; PHASE TRANSITIONS; REACTION KINETICS; TURBIDITY; VOLUME FRACTION;

POLARIZATION MICROSCOPY; SMALL ANGLE LIGHT SCATTERING (SALS);

COLLOIDS;

EID: 0033528610     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma981196e     Document Type: Article

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