A Nonaqueous Lyotropic Nematic Gel
- 1 July 1983
- journal article
- liquid crystals
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals
- Vol. 95 (1-2) , 45-50
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00268948308072406
Abstract
A nematic gel of a fatty substituted urea (3–4 Wt.%) in decane is studied optically and thermodynamically. Typical nematic schlieren textures are observed. Shear and compression forces distort these textures, but applied electric and magnetic fields are ineffective until one reaches the gel-isotropic transition temperature.Keywords
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- Nonaqueous Lyotropic Liquid Crystals from Lecithin and Nonionic SurfactantsMolecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, 1982