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  2. Effect of Director Distortions on Morphologies of Phase Separation in Liquid Crystals
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Abstract

We study phase separation from a nematic liquid crystal with spatially nonuniform director gradients. Particles of a phase-separated component, which is either an isotropic fluid (silicone oil) or a nonmesogenic photopolymer, accumulate in the regions with the strongest director distortions, thus reducing the overall energy of the system.
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Article
Identifier(s)
10.1103/PhysRevE.65.060701
Publication Date
2002-06-01
Publication Title
Physical Review E
Volume
65
Issue
6
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Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program
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Copyright 2002 American Physical Society. Available on publisher's site at http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.65.060701
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Voloschenko, D., Pishnyak, O., Shiyanovskii, S., & Lavrentovich, O. (2002). Effect of Director Distortions on Morphologies of Phase Separation in Liquid Crystals. Physical Review E. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.65.060701
Voloschenko, D., Oleg Pishnyak, Sergij Shiyanovskii, and Oleg Lavrentovich. 2002. “Effect of Director Distortions on Morphologies of Phase Separation in Liquid Crystals”. Physical Review E. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.65.060701.
Voloschenko, D., O. Pishnyak, S. Shiyanovskii, and O. Lavrentovich. Effect of Director Distortions on Morphologies of Phase Separation in Liquid Crystals. Physical Review E, 1 June 2002, doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.65.060701.