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@ARTICLE{Dogic:34038,
      author       = {Dogic, Z.},
      title        = {{S}urface {F}reezing and a {T}wo-{S}tep {P}athway of the
                      {I}sotropic-{S}mectic {P}hase {T}ransition in {C}olloidal
                      {R}ods},
      journal      = {Physical review letters},
      volume       = {91},
      issn         = {0031-9007},
      address      = {College Park, Md.},
      publisher    = {APS},
      reportid     = {PreJuSER-34038},
      pages        = {165701-1 - 165701-4},
      year         = {2003},
      note         = {Record converted from VDB: 12.11.2012},
      abstract     = {We study the kinetics of the isotropic-smectic phase
                      transition in a colloidal rod/polymer mixture by visualizing
                      individual smectic layers. First, we show that the bulk
                      isotropic-smectic phase transition is preceded by a surface
                      freezing transition in which a quasi-two-dimensional smectic
                      phase wets the isotropic-nematic interface. Next, we
                      identify a two-step kinetic pathway for the formation of a
                      bulk smectic phase. In the first step a metastable
                      isotropic-nematic interface is formed. This interface is
                      wetted by the surface-induced smectic phase. In the
                      subsequent step, smectic layers nucleate at this surface
                      phase and grow into the isotropic bulk phase.},
      keywords     = {J (WoSType)},
      cin          = {IFF-WM},
      ddc          = {550},
      cid          = {I:(DE-Juel1)VDB36},
      pnm          = {Kondensierte Materie},
      pid          = {G:(DE-Juel1)FUEK242},
      shelfmark    = {Physics, Multidisciplinary},
      typ          = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
      UT           = {WOS:000186068300031},
      doi          = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.165701},
      url          = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/34038},
}