Kinetics of the isotropic-ordered phase transition in binary mixtures of mesogenic monomers and polymers

Soft Materials

Volumn 6, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 119-128

  Bronnikov, Sergei ^a   Nasonov, Alexander ^a   Racleş, Carmen ^b   Cozan, Vasile ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS   (Russian Federation)

^b PETRU PONI INSTITUTE OF MACROMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Isotropic ordered phase transition; Liquid crystalline mixtures; Nematic phase growth; Statistical size distribution

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DROPS; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; GROWTH KINETICS; MONOMERS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; POLYMERS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; THERMODYNAMICS;

DROPLET DIAMETERS; IRREVERSIBLE THERMODYNAMICS; ISOTROPIC-ORDERED PHASE TRANSITION; LIQUID CRYSTALLINE; LIQUID CRYSTALLINE MIXTURES; NEMATIC PHASE GROWTH; POLARIZING OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; STATISTICAL SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

BINARY MIXTURES;

EID: 51749110035     PISSN: 1539445X     EISSN: 15394468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15394450802164664     Document Type: Article

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