Nematic droplets in aqueous dispersions of carbon nanotubes

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

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Puech, Nicolas ^a   Grelet, Eric ^a   Poulin, Philippe ^a   Blanc, Christophe ^b   Van Der Schoot, Paul ^c,d  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE PAUL PASCAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^c EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANCHORING STRENGTH; AQUEOUS DISPERSIONS; DIRECTOR FIELDS; FIRST ORDER TRANSITIONS; IN-LINE; NEMATIC DROPLETS; NEMATIC LIQUIDS; NEMATIC PHASE; NEMATIC PHASIS; POLARIZATION MICROSCOPY; SINGLE-WALL CARBON NANOTUBES; TACTOIDS;

ASPECT RATIO; CARBON NANOTUBES; DISPERSIONS; DROP FORMATION; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE TENSION;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

EID: 77956104857     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.82.020702     Document Type: Article

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