Abstract
To establish the nature of the early-stage structures that occur during phase separation, we studied solutions of a nonionic surfactant micellar solution (C12E6 in D2O). We report the existence of long-lived nonequilibrium structures during shallow quenches along the critical isochore. The power-law scattering profile of these structures is consistent with ramified clusters with a fractal dimension D=1.60.1.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 333-336 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Physical Review Letters |
Volume | 60 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 1 1988 |