A nonaqueous liquid crystal emulsion: Fluorocarbon oil in a hexagonal phase in an ionic liquid

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 1937-1939

  Sharma, Suraj Chandra ^a   Warr, Gregory G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Macromolecules; Soft Matter

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS PHASE; FLUOROCARBON OIL; HEXAETHYLENE GLYCOL; HEXAGONAL PHASE; HEXAGONAL PHASE STRUCTURE; MASS RATIO; NON-AQUEOUS LIQUIDS; POLARIZED OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; ROOM TEMPERATURE IONIC LIQUIDS; SMALL ANGLE X-RAY SCATTERING; SOFT MATTER;

EMULSIFICATION; ETHERS; GLYCOLS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; X RAY SCATTERING;

IONIC LIQUIDS;

EID: 79961221544     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz200806p     Document Type: Article

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