Physics – Condensed Matter – Soft Condensed Matter
Scientific paper
2006-01-06
Physics
Condensed Matter
Soft Condensed Matter
17 pages, 6 figures, accepted in Phys. Rev. E
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevE.73.011412
We investigate spinodal decomposition kinetics of an initially nematic dispersion of rod-like viruses (fd virus). Quench experiments are performed from a flow-stabilized homogeneous nematic state at high shear rate into the two-phase isotropic-nematic coexistence region at zero shear rate. We present experimental evidence that spinodal decomposition is driven by orientational diffusion, in accordance with a very recent theory.
Derks Didi
Dhont Jan K. G.
Holmqvist Peter
Imhof Arnout
Kang Kyongok
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