Thermotropic cubic mesophases

Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 370-376

  Impéror Clerc, Marianne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

AFM; Cubic phases; Dilatometry; Electron microscopy; Faceting; Mesophases; Nano segregation; Soft materials; Thermotropic; Viscoelasticity; X ray scattering

Indexed keywords

PACKING; SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

MESOMORPHIC MOLECULES; SOFT MATERIALS; SUPRAMOLECULAR SOFT SPHERES; THERMOTROPIC CUBIC PHASES;

MOLECULES;

ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MATERIALS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRESSURE; RADIATION SCATTERING; REVIEW; SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 20444425351     PISSN: 13590294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cocis.2004.12.004     Document Type: Review

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