Structure Evolution and Drying Dynamics in Sliding Cholesteric Cellulose Nanocrystals

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2018, Pages 1845-1851

  Chu, Guang ^a   Vilensky, Rita ^a   Vasilyev, Gleb ^a   Martin, Patrick ^a   Zhang, Ruiyan ^a   Zussman, Eyal ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; DROPS; LIQUID CRYSTALS;

CELLULOSE NANO-CRYSTALS; CHOLESTERIC PHASE; COLLECTIVE BEHAVIOR; COLLOIDAL LIQUIDS; EMERGENT PROPERTY; HYDRODYNAMIC FLUCTUATIONS; SHAPE INSTABILITY; STRUCTURE EVOLUTION;

NANOCRYSTALS;

CELLULOSE; CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; DROPS; DRYING; EVOLUTION; FLOW; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MATERIALS;

EID: 85045739167     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.8b00670     Document Type: Article

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