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Phase behaviour of rod-like colloid+flexible polymer mixtures

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Il Nuovo Cimento D

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The effect of non-adsorbing, flexible polymer on the isotropic-nematic transition in dispersions of rod-like colloids is investigated. A widening of the biphasic gap is observed, in combination with a marked polymer partitioning between the coexisting phases. Under certain conditions, areas of isotropic-isotropic-nematic or isotropic-nematic-nematic three-phase coexistence appear in the phase diagram of rod-polymer mixtures.

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Lekkerkerker, H.N.W., Stroobants, A. Phase behaviour of rod-like colloid+flexible polymer mixtures. Il Nuovo Cimento D 16, 949–962 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02458781

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