Memory effect in composites of liquid crystal and silica aerosil

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

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Relaix, Sabrina ^a   Leheny, Robert L ^b   Reven, Linda ^a   Sutton, Mark ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSILS; DEFECT LINES; IN-FIELD; INDUCED ORIENTATION; ISOTROPIC PHASE; MEMORY EFFECTS; MICRO BEAMS; ORIENTATIONAL ORDERS; PLANAR SUBSTRATE; SILICA NANOPARTICLES; SILICA NETWORKS; SOLID STATE NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SURFACE INTERACTIONS; SURFACE-MEMORY EFFECT; TEMPERATURE CYCLES; XRD; ZERO FIELDS;

ANISOTROPY; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; GELS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; NANOMAGNETICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OPTIMIZATION; SILICA; THERMAL CYCLING; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CRYSTAL ORIENTATION;

EID: 84855315725     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.84.061705     Document Type: Article

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