Equilibrium liquid crystal phase diagrams and detection of kinetic arrest in cellulose nanocrystal suspensions

Frontiers in Materials

Volumn 3, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Honorato Rios, Camila ^a   Kuhnhold, Anja ^a   Bruckner, Johanna R ^a   Dannert, Rick ^a   Schilling, Tanja ^a   Lagerwall, Jan P F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

Cellulose nanocrystals; Cholesteric liquid crystal; Colloids; Electrostatic stabilization; Kinetic arrest; Phase coexistence; Phase transitions

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; CELLULOSE FILMS; CELLULOSE NANOCRYSTALS; CHOLESTERIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; COLLOIDS; IONIC STRENGTH; KINETICS; OPTICAL KERR EFFECT; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SOLS; SOLVENTS;

CELLULOSE NANOCRYSTAL (CNC); CRITICAL FLUCTUATIONS; ELECTROSTATIC STABILIZATION; FIRST ORDER CHARACTER; LIQUID CRYSTAL PHASE; PHASE CO-EXISTENCE; POLARIZING OPTICS; STRUCTURAL COLLAPSE;

SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

EID: 85029916152     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22968016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmats.2016.00021     Document Type: Article

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