Colloidal ordering from phase separation in a liquid-crystalline continuous phase

Nature

Volumn 407, Issue 6804, 2000, Pages 611-613

  Loudet, Jean Christophe ^a   Barols, Philippe ^a   Poulin, Philippe ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; SILICONE OIL; TERPHENYL DERIVATIVE;

COLLOID; LIQUID-SOLID SEPARATION;

ARTICLE; COLLOID; ELASTICITY; FLOW KINETICS; HIGH TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; LIQUID CRYSTAL; PHASE SEPARATION; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034609858     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35036539     Document Type: Article

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