Rotator-to-Lamellar Phase Transition in Janus Colloids Driven by Pressure Anisotropy

Hossein Rezvantalab1, Daniel J Beltran-Villegas1, Ronald G Larson1

  • 1Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA.

Physical Review Letters
|October 1, 2016
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