Nematic-Isotropic Spinodal Decomposition Kinetics of Rod-like Viruses

Physics – Condensed Matter – Soft Condensed Matter

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17 pages, 6 figures, accepted in Phys. Rev. E

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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.

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