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MESOPHASE SMECTIQUE [1 record]

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Record 1 1990-09-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cytology
  • Morphology and General Physiology
CONT

in the presence of increasing amounts of water (i.e., with more than 50 per cent), lamellar phases, generally called myelin figures, are formed. Such lamellar phases rearrange in what is called a smetic mesophase, which denotes that a substance in a liquid-crystalline state may orient its molecules in parallel planes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cytologie
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
CONT

en présence de plus grandes quantités d'eau (e.g., plus de 50 %), il y a formation de phases lamellaires, généralement appelées figures myéliniques. De telles phases se réarrangent en une mésophase dite smectique, qui dénote qu'une substance dans un état liquide cristallin peut orienter ses molécules dans des plans parallèles.

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