Gel formation and collapse in a dispersion of a low molar mass liquid crystal in a polymer matrix

Journal of Rheology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 887-895

  Inn, Yong Woo ^a   Denn, Morton M ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY BARRIERS; MOLAR MASS; POLYMER MATRIX;

DISPERSIONS; GELS; MORPHOLOGY; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; REACTION KINETICS; RHEOLOGY;

SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 31144462296     PISSN: 01486055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1122/1.1940639     Document Type: Article

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