Smectic filaments in colloidal suspensions of rods
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Smectic filaments in colloidal suspensions of rods.
In supersaturated isotropic mixtures of hard rods, smectic filaments have recently been observed. We propose a model for formation and growth of these filaments similar to the Hoffman-Lauritzen model for polymer crystallization. Filament thickness is determined by a compromise between maximizing the amount of smectic phase formed and minimizing the nucleation barrier for adding new segments to ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Physical Review E
سال: 2002
ISSN: 1063-651X,1095-3787
DOI: 10.1103/physreve.66.041606