Ordering dynamics of blue phases entails kinetic stabilization of amorphous networks

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 30, 2010, Pages 13212-13215

  Henrich, Oliver ^a   Stratford, Kevin ^a   Marenduzzo, Davide ^a   Cates, Michael E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complex fluids; Kinetic arrest

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLUE PHASE NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMICS; GROWTH; KINETICS; LIQUID CRYSTAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; THERMODYNAMICS; ALGORITHM; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY;

ALGORITHMS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 77955822721     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1004269107     Document Type: Article

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