title: Phase-separated composite films: experiment and theory
abstract: A different phase-separation process is capable of producing a composite system consisting of a very thin layer of liquid crystal in contact with a similarly thin layer of polymer. The morphology of the polymer depends on the composition of the prepolymer-liquid crystal mixture and the rate of polymerization. A simple one-dimensional theory is able to describe the essential features of this process.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA.
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Qian
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Taylor