Morphology: At early times, system contains many small polymer-rich droplets. Many coalesce and form very long (but not thin and fibrillar) domains. At late times, these polymer-rich domains shorten. Some are worm-like (but not thin!), while others are almost circular ("circular with kinks").
Resulting intermediate/late-time structure: Elongated and noncircular polymer-rich domains (minor phase) in a LC-rich matrix (major phase). View phi and S profiles.
Evolution of degree of PS and PO.
for PS (red): delta_phi(t) = phimax(t) - phimin(t)
for PO (blue): S(t) = Smax(t)
Plot indicates that PS and PO are significant at t~6. phi and S profiles reveal that these times (at which this plot indicates a high degree of PS and PO) represent when PS and PO begin to be significant. (That is, there is at least one or two small regions that have strongly phase separated or ordered.)
For this quench, PS is well-established by t=6. Furthermore, PO is quite significant at t=6 and becomes well-established by t=8.
#1: new" k1 -- from phi-based S(k).
#2: new" k1 -- from phi-based S(k).
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Last updated August 1, 1999.