Heterogeneous equilibria and the kinetics of isotropic liquid-nematic phase transition in a multicomponent mixture 4-alkyl-4'-cyanobiphenyls

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作者
Kostromin, S. V. [1 ]
Bronnikov, S. V. [1 ]
Zuev, V. V. [1 ]
机构
[1] Russian Acad Sci, Inst Macromol Cpds, St Petersburg 199004, Russia
基金
俄罗斯基础研究基金会;
关键词
GROWTH; SEPARATION;
D O I
10.1134/S0036024409100100
中图分类号
O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
学科分类号
070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
The isotropic liquid-nematic phase transition and the kinetics of growth of nematic phase drops during this phase transition were studied by polarization optical microscopy and IR spectroscopy for a four-component system during cooling. The statistical drop size distribution was described in terms of the equilibrium thermodynamics of irreversible processes. An analysis of the time dependences of the mean diameter of drops showed the presence of two kinetic stages of nematic phase growth and allowed them to be described by the universal law of cluster growth. In conformity with the Gibbs phase rule, nematic phases with different compositions can coexist at equilibrium.
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页码:1689 / 1693
页数:5
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