Tracer colloids close to an isotropic-nematic domain interface with phase transition-induced solute transport

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 354, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 298-307

  Ullrich, Beate ^a   Auernhammer, Günter K ^a   Sam, Ebie M ^a   Vollmer, Doris ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Binary mixtures; Colloids; Diffusophoresis; Liquid crystal; Phase separation

Indexed keywords

COLLOID CHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DROP FORMATION; LIQUID CRYSTALS; PHASE INTERFACES; PHASE MODULATION; PHASE SEPARATION; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

COLLOID INTERACTIONS; CONCENTRATION GRADIENTS; CYANOBIPHENYLS; DIFFUSOPHORESIS; DROPLET GROWTH; DROPLET SURFACES; DURING PHASE; ISOTROPIC PHASE; ISOTROPIC-NEMATIC INTERFACE; LIQUID CRYSTAL PHASE; NEMATIC DROPLETS; NEMATIC PHASE; NEMATOGENS; NON-HOMOGENEOUS; SOLUTE CONCENTRATIONS; TETRACHLOROETHYLENES;

BINARY MIXTURES;

4 PENTYL 4 CYANOBIPHENYL; CRYSTALLIN; OCTANE; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; COLLOID; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIFFUSION; LIQUID CRYSTAL; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOTION; PHASE SEPARATION; PHASE TRANSITION; PHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 73049094028     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2009.11.023     Document Type: Article

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