Mechanism of formation of three dimensional structures of particles in a liquid crystal

Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals

Volumn 410, Issue , 2004, Pages

  West, John L ^a   Zhang, Ke ^a   Liao, Guangxun ^a   Glushchenko, Anatoliy V ^a   Reznikov, Yuri ^b   Andrienko, Denis ^c   Allen, Michael P ^d  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Ukraine)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drag of particles; Liquid crystal; Nematic isotropic interface

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDS; CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; DRAG; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROOPTICAL EFFECTS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); PHASE TRANSITIONS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

DRAG OF PARTICLES; NEMATIC COLLOIDAL DISPERSONS; NEMATIC-ISOTROPIC INTERFACE; PARTICLE SURFACE;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 12844253774     PISSN: 15421406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15421400490436124     Document Type: Conference Paper

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