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Experimental observation of fractionated crystallization in polydisperse platelike colloids

  • European Synchrotron Radiation Facility

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Abstract

We have discovered that the long-term aging of the hexagonal columnar liquid-crystal phase of polydisperse gibbsite platelets leads to fractionated crystallization, that is, to the formation of coexisting columnar crystals with different periods. This process was revealed by microradian X-ray diffraction demonstrating the splitting of the Bragg intercolumnar reflections into sequences of sharper reflections. The fractionated crystallization was observed in a number of samples of sterically stabilized as well as charge-stabilized polydisperse gibbsite platelets.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)6898-6901
Number of pages4
JournalLangmuir
Volume26
Issue number10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 18 May 2010

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