Liquid crystal phases in suspensions of charged plate-like particles

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1315-1320

  Delhorme, Maxime ^a   Labbez, Christophe ^a   Jönsson, Bo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b CHEMICAL CENTER   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC INTERACTION; CHARGE HETEROGENEITY; COLLOIDAL SUSPENSIONS; COLUMNAR LIQUID CRYSTALS; COLUMNAR PHASIS; CONCENTRATED SUSPENSION; DISK-LIKE PARTICLE; EXCLUDED VOLUME; LIQUID CRYSTAL FORMATION; LIQUID CRYSTAL PHASIS; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; PARTICLE VOLUME FRACTIONS; SOFT MATERIAL;

ANISOTROPY; COULOMB INTERACTIONS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SUSPENSIONS (COMPONENTS);

SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

EID: 84862080663     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz300380n     Document Type: Article

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