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Thousand‐Fold Acceleration of Phase Decomposition in Polymer/Liquid Crystal Blends
Author(s) -
Ziębacz Natalia,
Wieczorek Stefan A.,
Szymborski Tomasz,
Garstecki Piotr,
Hołyst Robert
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
chemphyschem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.016
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1439-7641
pISSN - 1439-4235
DOI - 10.1002/cphc.200900505
Subject(s) - acceleration , polymer , phase (matter) , chemical physics , character (mathematics) , decomposition , materials science , computer science , thermodynamics , statistical physics , chemistry , analytical chemistry (journal) , physics , chromatography , mathematics , organic chemistry , quantum mechanics , geometry
Pulling apart: The authors demonstrate experimentally that oscillating electric fields can be used to accelerate the rate of phase separation by up to three orders of magnitude (see picture), and to change the character of the phase‐separation process from a power to exponential evolution of the mean size of the domains.