Phase Separation and Organisation of Colloidal Spheres Suspended in Sheared Lyotropic Liquid-Crystalline Polymers

2005 ◽  
Vol 26 (11) ◽  
pp. 911-914 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shanju Zhang ◽  
Eugene M. Terentjev ◽  
Athene M. Donald
Keyword(s):  
Phase Separation ◽  
Liquid Crystalline ◽  
Liquid Crystalline Polymers ◽  
Crystalline Polymers ◽  
Colloidal Spheres

Liquid Crystal-Like Phase Separation in Systems of Macroscopic Rods

1988 ◽  
Vol 134 ◽  
Author(s):  
Larry A. Chick ◽  
Christopher Viney ◽  
Ilhan A. Aksay
Keyword(s):  
Phase Diagram ◽  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
Phase Separation ◽  
Liquid Crystalline ◽  
Axial Ratio ◽  
Liquid Crystalline Polymers ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Crystalline Polymers ◽  
Critical Concentrations ◽  
Preliminary Phase

ABSTRACTExperiments with monolayers of macroscopic rods indicate separation into isotropic and aligned phases at greater-than-critical concentrations. This behavior is qualitatively similar to that of rodlike liquid crystalline polymers, which in turn has been modelled successfully in threedimensions by Flory and Ronca. We have adapted their approach to predict the ordering of rods in two dimensions. A preliminary phase diagram is presented. The critical rod concentration at which an aligned phase can appear first is a decreasing function of rod axial ratio. Rods of a given axial ratio will phase separate at lower overall concentrations in two dimensions than in three.

Phase Diagrams and Phase Separation Dynamics in Mixtures of Side-Chain Liquid Crystalline Polymers and Low Molar Mass Liquid Crystals

1996 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 1051-1058 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hao-Wen Chiu ◽  
Zheng Long Zhou ◽  
Thein Kyu ◽  
Leonorina G. Cada ◽  
L.-C. Chien
Keyword(s):  
Phase Separation ◽  
Liquid Crystals ◽  
Phase Diagrams ◽  
Liquid Crystalline ◽  
Molar Mass ◽  
Liquid Crystalline Polymers ◽  
Side Chain ◽  
Crystalline Polymers

Nematic Order Drives Phase Separation in Polydisperse Liquid Crystalline Polymers

2000 ◽  
Vol 33 (6) ◽  
pp. 2060-2068 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Elias ◽  
S. M. Clarke ◽  
R. Peck ◽  
E. M. Terentjev
Keyword(s):  
Phase Separation ◽  
Liquid Crystalline ◽  
Liquid Crystalline Polymers ◽  
Crystalline Polymers ◽  
Nematic Order
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