Influence of a random field on particle fractionation and solidification in liquid-crystal colloid mixtures

European Physical Journal E

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 189-197

  Popa Nita, V ^a   Van Der Schoot, P ^b   Kralj, S ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

^d JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLOID MIXTURES; CRYSTAL THEORIES; ISOTROPIC PHASE; SPERONEMATIC ORDERING;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; PHASE SEPARATION; RANDOM PROCESSES; SOLIDIFICATION;

BINARY MIXTURES;

WATER;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COLLOID; ELASTICITY; LIQUID CRYSTAL; METHODOLOGY; PHASE TRANSITION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE;

ANISOTROPY; CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL; COLLOIDS; ELASTICITY; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MICROCHEMISTRY; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHASE TRANSITION; TEMPERATURE; WATER;

EID: 33846650900     PISSN: 12928941     EISSN: 1292895X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1140/epje/i2006-10059-3     Document Type: Article

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