Nematic-isotropic spinodal decomposition kinetics of rodlike viruses
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Nematic-isotropic spinodal decomposition kinetics of rodlike viruses.
We investigate spinodal decomposition kinetics of an initially nematic dispersion of rodlike viruses. Quench experiments are performed from a flow-stabilized homogeneous nematic state at a high shear rate into the two-phase isotropic-nematic coexistence region at a zero shear rate. We present experimental evidence that spinodal decomposition is driven by orientational diffusion, in accordance w...
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عنوان ژورنال: Physical Review E
سال: 2006
ISSN: 1539-3755,1550-2376
DOI: 10.1103/physreve.73.011412