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. 2002 Jun;65(6 Pt 1):060701.
doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.65.060701. Epub 2002 Jun 10.

Effect of director distortions on morphologies of phase separation in liquid crystals

D Voloschenko  1 , O P Pishnyak, S V Shiyanovskii, O D Lavrentovich
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Effect of director distortions on morphologies of phase separation in liquid crystals

D Voloschenko et al. Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys. 2002 Jun.

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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