Document Type

Article

Publication Date

10-1993

Abstract

We have used light scattering to study the kinetics of polymerization-induced phase separation in a liquid-crystal-polymer mixture. The evolution of the structure factor is compared with scaling predictions for thermally quenched systems. We have also observed a cascading phenomenon where phase separated domains become unstable and undergo phase separation for a second time.

Publication Title

Physical Review Letters

Volume

71

Issue

14

First Page

2232

Last Page

2235

Required Publisher's Statement

Copyright 1993 American Physical Society. The original published version of this article may be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.71.2232.

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