ORIENTATIONAL ORDER IN SEDIMENTS OF COLLOIDAL RODS

被引:13
作者
BUITENHUIS, J [1 ]
PHILIPSE, AP [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV UTRECHT,VANT HOFF LAB,3584 CH UTRECHT,NETHERLANDS
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10.1006/jcis.1995.0032
中图分类号
O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
学科分类号
070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Sediments of colloidal boehmite rods have been studied with polarization microscopy to investigate the presence (and origin) of orientational order. We find, among other structures, a ''frozen'' nematic texture as well as a structure which resembles the ''oriented glass'' found in recent simulations with non-Brownian ellipsoids. (C) 1995 Academic Press, Inc.
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页码:272 / 276
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