Dispersions of pyrogenic alumina in pentylcyanobiphenyl studied by deuteron NMR

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

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Yim, C T ^a,b  

^a DAWSON COLLEGE   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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Indexed keywords

AEROSIL DISPERSIONS; ALIGNMENT EFFECTS; ALKYLCYANOBIPHENYL; ANNEALING PROCESS; CYANOBIPHENYLS; DEUTERON NMR; DEUTERON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; DIRECTOR CONFIGURATION; DISORDER EFFECT; DISORDER STRENGTH; HYDROPHILIC GEL; IN-FIELD; ISOTROPIC PHASE; ISOTROPIC-NEMATIC COEXISTENCES; NETWORK INTERACTION; NON-POLAR SURFACES; ORDER PARAMETER; ORIENTATIONAL ORDERS; ROBUST NETWORK; ZERO-FIELD COOLING;

COOLING; DEUTERIUM; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIQUID CRYSTALS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NUCLEAR PHYSICS;

DISPERSIONS;

EID: 70349780649     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.80.031704     Document Type: Article

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