Observation of a hexatic columnar liquid crystal of polydisperse colloidal disks.
We report the observation of a new type of columnar liquid crystal phase, which is formed by thin hard colloidal disks in a dense suspension. High-resolution small-angle x-ray diffraction reveals a combination of long-range bond-orientational order and short-range translational order between the col...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2005
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