Surface tension and capillary waves at the nematic-isotropic interface in ternary mixtures of liquid crystal, colloids, and impurities

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 127, Issue 10, 2007, Pages

  Popa Nita, V ^a   Oswald, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDS; IMPURITIES; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; PHASE SEPARATION; PHASE TRANSITIONS; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES; RHEOLOGY; SURFACE TENSION; SURFACE WAVES;

CAPILLARY WAVES; HARD-SPHERE CRYSTAL THEORIES; SURFACE MODES;

MIXTURES;

EID: 34548670736     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2772251     Document Type: Article

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