Pretransitional behavior of a water in liquid crystal microemulsion close to the demixing transition: Evidence for intermicellar attraction mediated by paranematic fluctuations

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 122, Issue 21, 2005, Pages

  Caggioni, M ^a   Giacometti, A ^b   Bellini, T ^a,c   Clark, N A ^c   Mantegazza, F ^d   Maritan, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b INFM   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC BIREFRINGENCE SPECTROSCOPY; ISOTROPIC PHASE; MICELLAR DENSITY; NANODROPLETS; TOPOLOGICAL DEFECTS;

DEFORMATION; DISPERSION (WAVES); HYDROPHOBICITY; IMPURITIES; LIGHT SCATTERING; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THERMOTROPIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; TOPOLOGY; WETTING;

MICROEMULSIONS;

4 CYANO 4' PENTYLBIPHENYL; 4-CYANO-4'-PENTYLBIPHENYL; BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; NITRILE; OIL; SURFACTANT; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EMULSION; LIQUID CRYSTAL; PHASE TRANSITION; TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS; EMULSIONS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MICROCHEMISTRY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NITRILES; OILS; PHASE TRANSITION; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; TEMPERATURE; WATER;

EID: 34548060589     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1913444     Document Type: Article

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