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SUBMITTER: Rahimi M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5414351 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nature communications 20170428
The structure and physical properties of liquid crystal (LC) mixtures are a function of composition, and small changes can have pronounced effects on observables, such as phase-transition temperatures. Traditionally, LC mixtures have been assumed to be compositionally homogenous. The results of chemically detailed simulations presented here show that this is not the case; pronounced deviations of the local order from that observed in the bulk at defects and interfaces lead to significant composi ...[more]