Effect of aerosil gels on de gennes nematic-smectic coupling

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 113, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3901-3905

  Garland, C W ^a   Iannacchione, G S ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Life Science and Bioengineering Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GELATION; GELS; LIGHT SOURCES; LIQUID CRYSTALS; PHASE TRANSITIONS;

AEROSIL; AEROSIL PARTICLES; AEROSIL SYSTEMS; CRITICAL EXPONENTS; CROSS OVERS; FIRST ORDERS; NEMATIC ORDERS; NEMATIC RANGES; SECOND ORDERS; SMECTIC-A; THIXOTROPIC GELS; TRI-CRITICAL POINTS; WAVE AMPLITUDES;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 65349195251     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp805525y     Document Type: Article

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