Self-assembly of polymer droplets in a nematic liquid crystal at phase separation

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

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Kita, Kosuke ^a   Ichikawa, Masatoshi ^a   Kimura, Yasuyuki ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY MIXTURES; ELECTROSTATICS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; PHASE SEPARATION; SELF ASSEMBLY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

POLYMER DROPLETS; TOPOLOGICAL DEFECTS;

POLYMERS;

EID: 42149097700     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.77.041702     Document Type: Article

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