OBSERVATION OF QUASI-2-DIMENSIONAL NEMATIC ORDER IN A SYSTEM OF RIGIDRODS

Authors
FISCH MR ROSENBLATT C
Citation
Mr. Fisch et C. Rosenblatt, OBSERVATION OF QUASI-2-DIMENSIONAL NEMATIC ORDER IN A SYSTEM OF RIGIDRODS, Journal de physique. II, 4(1), 1994, pp. 103-110
Citations number
46
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Atomic, Molecular & Chemical",Mechanics
Journal title
Journal de physique. II → ACNP
ISSN journal
11554312
Volume
4
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
103 - 110
Database
ISI
SICI code
1155-4312(1994)4:1<103:OOQNOI>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
Phospholipid tubules were suspended on the surface of an aqueous solut ion. At low density, a rarefied nematic phase with weak orientational order was observed. At high density the tubules phase separated into a well ordered high density phase and an isotropic phase with virtually no tubules present. Results are compared to theories for two-dimensio nal ordering of hard rods.