title: Temperature-dependent isotropic-to-nematic transition of charged nanoplates.
abstract: Studies of temperature-dependent phase behaviors of discotic colloids are found infrequently in the literature. We establish here the isotropic-to-nematic (I-N) transition phase diagram of charged platelets in the temperature-versus-volume fraction plane. We discover that the N phase can be melted by increasing temperature, and that coexistent samples are more sensitive to polydispersity at higher temperature and higher concentration.
authors.affiliation: Soft Matter Center, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory on Functional Soft Condensed Matter, School of Materials and Energy, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China.
authors.forename: Huawei
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-3122, USA and Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-3122, USA.
authors.forename: Xuezhen
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Soft Matter Center, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory on Functional Soft Condensed Matter, School of Materials and Energy, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China.
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-3122, USA and Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-3122, USA and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-3003, USA and Professional Program in Biotechnology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-3122, USA.
authors.forename: Zhengdong
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Cheng
mesh_terms: D003102:Colloids / Q000737:chemistry*; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D046529:Microscopy, Electron, Transmission; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry*; D044367:Phase Transition; D013696:Temperature; D015040:Zirconium / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D003102:Colloids; C027006:zirconium phosphate; D015040:Zirconium