Realignment of Liquid Crystal Shells Driven by Temperature-Dependent Surfactant Solubility

We investigate dynamic director field variations in shells of the nematic liquid crystal (LC) compound, 4-cyano-4'-pentylbiphenyl, suspended in and containing immiscible aqueous phases. The outer and inner shell interfaces are stabilized by the cationic surfactant, cetyl trimethyl ammonium brom...

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Veröffentlicht in:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids. - 1992. - 35(2019), 34 vom: 27. Aug., Seite 11132-11140
1. Verfasser: Sharma, Anjali (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Jampani, Venkata Subba Rao, Lagerwall, Jan P F
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2019
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids
Schlagworte:Journal Article
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