Phase separation in salt-free symmetric mixtures of oppositely charged rodlike polyelectrolytes is studied using quasi-analytical calculations. Stability analyses for the isotropic-isotropic and the isotropic-nematic phase transitions in the mixtures are carried out and demonstrate that electrostatic interactions favor nematic ordering. Coexistence curves for the symmetric mixtures are also con...

The crystal structure and melting transition of two-dimensional colloids interacting via an anisotropic magnetic dipole–dipole potential are studied. Anisotropy is achieved by tilting the external magnetic field inducing the dipole moments of the colloidal particles away from the direction perpendicular to the particle plane. We find a centred rectangular lattice and a two-step melting similar ...

2014 The average self-diffusion coefficients have been measured by neutron quasi-elastic scattering using the back-scattering technique, in the smectic A, nematic and isotropic phases of TBBA. The results are compared with previous neutron and NMR results. We find that the agreement is good for the smectic A and isotropic phases only. We deduce that the NMR results are probably incorrect for th...