Interfacial Tension between Coexisting Isotropic and Cholesteric Phases for Aqueous Solutions of Schizophyllan

Macromolecules

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1549-1553

  Chen, Wei Liang ^a   Sato, Takahiro ^a   Teramoto, Akio ^b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTERIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHASE INTERFACES; SOLUTIONS; SURFACE TENSION;

SCHIZOPHYLLAN; SESSILE DROP METHOD;

POLYSACCHARIDES;

EID: 0033537584     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma981463g     Document Type: Article

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