Formation of self-supporting reversible cellular networks in suspensions of colloids and liquid crystals

Langmuir

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 4921-4930

  Vollmer, Doris ^a   Hinze, Gerald ^b   Ullrich, Beate ^a   Poon, Wilson C K ^c   Cates, Michael E ^c   Schofield, Andrew B ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PHASE SEPARATION; PHASE TRANSITIONS; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES; REACTION KINETICS; THERMOTROPIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

CELLULAR NETWORKS; MACROSCOPIC PROPERTIES; MEMORY EFFECTS; NEMATIC PHASES;

COLLOIDS;

EID: 20444371913     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la047090w     Document Type: Article

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