Texture formation under phase ordering and phase separation in polymer-liquid crystal mixtures

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 121, Issue 19, 2004, Pages 9733-9743

  Das, Susanta K ^a   Rey, Alejandro D ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; DIFFUSION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MIXTURES; PHASE SEPARATION; PHASE TRANSITIONS; POLYMERS; TEXTURES;

ANISOTROPIC DIFFUSION; ANISOTROPIC DOMAINS; PHASE ORDERING;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 8344270861     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1804494     Document Type: Article

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