Liquid crystal phase transitions in systems of colloidal platelets with bimodal shape distribution

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 113, Issue 41, 2009, Pages 13476-13484

  Verhoeff, A A ^a   Wensink, H H ^b   Vis, M ^a   Jackson, G ^b   Lekkerkerker, H N W ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; BLOOD SUBSTITUTES; CELL MEMBRANES; IMAGE RETRIEVAL; LIQUID CRYSTALS; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; POLYDISPERSITY;

A-DENSITY; BIMODAL DISTRIBUTION; COEXISTING PHASIS; COLLOIDAL GIBBSITE PLATELETS; COLLOIDAL PLATELETS; COLUMNAR PHASE; COLUMNAR PHASIS; DEMIXING TRANSITIONS; DENSITY INVERSION; GLASSY STATE; HIGH CONCENTRATION; INTERMEDIATE DENSITIES; ISOTROPIC PHASE; LENNARD JONES; LIQUID CRYSTAL PHASE; LOWER DENSITY; NEMATIC PHASE; NEMATIC PHASIS; ONSAGER; POLYDISPERSES; SHAPE DISTRIBUTION; STRUCTURAL FEATURE; THICKNESS RATIO; THREE-PHASE EQUILIBRIA;

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EID: 70349970602     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp902858k     Document Type: Article

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