Phase separation in binary polymer/liquid crystal mixtures: Network breaking and domain growth by coalescence-induced coalescence

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 110, Issue 20, 2006, Pages 9869-9875

  Demyanchuk, Iryna ^a   Wieczorek, Stefan A ^a   Hołyst, Robert ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Poland)

^b CARDINAL STEFAN WYSZY SKI UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY MIXTURES; LIGHT SCATTERING; LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; POLYMERS; REACTION KINETICS;

BICONTINUOUS NETWORK; COALESCENCE-INDUCED COALESCENCE; ELONGATED DOMAINS; FILM THICKNESS;

PHASE SEPARATION;

EID: 33745786869     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp0574091     Document Type: Article

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