Hydrogen-bonded silica gels dispersed in a smectic liquid crystal: A random field XY system

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

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2002, Pages

  Park, S ^a   Leheny, R L ^a,b   Birgeneau, R J ^a,c   Gallani, J L ^a,e   Garland, C W ^a   Iannacchione, G S ^d  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d Worcester Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^e INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE ET CHIMIE DES MATÉRIAUX DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAMLINES; BINARY LIQUIDS; FRAGILITY; MESOMORPHIC PHASES;

AEROGELS; DISPERSIONS; HIGH TEMPERATURE OPERATIONS; HYDROGEN BONDS; POROUS MATERIALS; QUENCHING; SILICA GEL; THERMODYNAMICS;

SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 33646968224     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.65.050703     Document Type: Article

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