Isotropic to smectic a phase transitions in a porous matrix: A case of multiporous phase coexistence

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2003, Pages

  Bellini, Tommaso ^a,b   Clark, Noel A ^b   Link, Darren R ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROGELS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; NUCLEATION; TEMPERATURE; X RAY SCATTERING;

MULTIPOROUS PHASE COEXISTENCE; POROUS MATRIX; SILICA AEROGEL;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

EID: 0037439521     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/15/1/322     Document Type: Article

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