Kinetics of the nematic phase growth across the isotropic-nematic phase transition in polymer-dispersed liquid crystals

Liquid Crystals

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 319-328

  Bronnikov, Sergei ^a   Racles, Carmen ^b   Cozan, Vasile ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS   (Russian Federation)

^b PETRU PONI INSTITUTE OF MACROMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Isotropic nematic phase transition; Nematic phase growth; Polarising optical images; Polymer dispersed liquid crystals

Indexed keywords

EID: 69249182276     PISSN: 02678292     EISSN: 13665855     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02678290902859390     Document Type: Article

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