Polymer domain growth in ordered liquid crystalline matrices.
The growth of polymer domains in the isotropic, nematic, and smectic matrices is studied by the light scattering. In the smectic and isotropic matrices the growth is diffusive, and in the nematic matrix it is influenced by the elastic forces. The scaling is obeyed. A crossover to the wetting fast-mode hydrodynamic regime is also observed at long times. In order to perform these measurements we had to eliminate the multiple scattering of light.
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Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Science, Department III, Kasprzaka 44/52, 01224 Warsaw, Poland.
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