Nematic-isotropic spinodal decomposition kinetics of rodlike viruses

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Lettinga, M Paul ^a   Kang, Kyongok ^a   Holmqvist, Peter ^a   Imhof, Arnout ^a   Derks, Didi ^b   Dhont, Jan K G ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; DIFFUSION; DISPERSIONS; REACTION KINETICS;

RODLIKE VIRUSES; SHEAR RATE; SPINODAL DECOMPOSITION;

VIRUSES;

EID: 32844464376     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.73.011412     Document Type: Article

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