Kinetics of phase transition in a lyotropic liquid-crystalline polymer system

Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology Section A: Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals

Volumn 365, Issue , 2001, Pages 387-395

  Sato, Takahiro ^a,b   Shimizu, Toshiyuki ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CREST of Japan Science and Technology   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cholesteric phase; Growth rate; Kinetics of phase transition; Lyotropic liquid crystal; Polarizing microscopy; Polymer

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345635407     PISSN: 1058725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10587250108025318     Document Type: Article

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