MAGNETIC-FIELD-INDUCED ISOTROPIC-NEMATIC PHASE-TRANSITION IN A COLLOIDAL SUSPENSION

Authors
TANG JX FRADEN S
Citation
Jx. Tang et S. Fraden, MAGNETIC-FIELD-INDUCED ISOTROPIC-NEMATIC PHASE-TRANSITION IN A COLLOIDAL SUSPENSION, Physical review letters, 71(21), 1993, pp. 3509-3512
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physical review letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00319007
Volume
71
Issue
21
Year of publication
1993
Pages
3509 - 3512
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(1993)71:21<3509:MIPIAC>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
Evidence of a magnetic-field-induced isotropic-nematic phase transitio n is presented for a colloidal suspension of monodisperse fd virus, a semiflexible particle with a length-to-diameter ratio of approximately 140. The dynamics of the phase transition are slow enough to study th e unstable portion of the phase diagram and the subsequent phase separ ation.