Symmetry, topology and faceting in bicontinuous lyotropic crystals

European Physical Journal E

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Latypova, L ^a,b   Gozdz W ^b   Pieranski, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Soft Matter: Liquid crystals

Indexed keywords

BICONTINUOUS; CRYSTAL HABITS; CUBIC PHASIS; PHYTANTRIOL; SOFT MATTER; SURFACTANT BILAYER; SYMMETRY BREAKINGS; WATER SYSTEM;

LIQUID CRYSTALS; TOPOLOGY;

CRYSTAL SYMMETRY;

EID: 84884332173     PISSN: 12928941     EISSN: 1292895X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1140/epje/i2013-13088-9     Document Type: Article

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