Growth of polystyrene domains in isotropic, nematic and smectic phase of 8CB liquid crystal

Macromolecules

Volumn 36, Issue 18, 2003, Pages 6903-6913

  Graca, M ^a   Wieczorek, S A ^a   Holyst, R ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Poland)

^b CARDINAL STEFAN WYSZY SKI UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; CRYSTAL GROWTH; LIGHT SCATTERING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; PHASE SEPARATION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; THERMOTROPIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

DIFFUSION GROWTH; ELASTIC DEFORMATIONS; HYDRODYNAMIC FAST-MODE GROWTH; POLYMER DOMAINS; SMALL-ANGLE LIGHT SCATTERING;

POLYSTYRENES;

EID: 0141682969     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma034135b     Document Type: Article

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