Colloidal liquid crystals: phase behavior, dynamics and confinement
<p>In this thesis, we report on the phase behaviour, dynamics and confinement of micron-sized colloidal silica rods with small gravitational length. In sedimentation-diffusion equilibrium, distinct isotropic, nematic, smectic and crystal phases are found to coexist within tens of micrometers....
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| Format: | Thesis |
| Language: | English |
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2019
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