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J. Phys. II France
Volume 4, Number 1, January 1994
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| Page(s) | 103 - 110 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/jp2:1994117 | |
DOI: 10.1051/jp2:1994117
J. Phys. II France 4 (1994) 103-110
1 Department of Physics, John Carroll University, University Heights, Ohio 44118, U.S.A.
2 Department of Physics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106-7079, U.S.A.
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J. Phys. II France 4 (1994) 103-110
Observation of quasi two-dimensional nematic order in a system of rigid rods
Michael R. Fisch1 and Charles Rosenblatt21 Department of Physics, John Carroll University, University Heights, Ohio 44118, U.S.A.
2 Department of Physics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106-7079, U.S.A.
(Received 29 July 1993, revised in final form 14 September 1993, accepted 5 October 1993)
Abstract
Phospholipid tubules were suspended on the surface of an aqueous solution. 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-dimensional ordering of hard rods.
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