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A bicontinuous structure in some systems with cubic mesophases

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Central European Journal of Physics

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A cubic structure of polymer colloid complexes is studied. The technique of the research includes i) an analysis of well-known literature SAXS data; on this basis, ii) constructing a simple model to estimate geometric structure parameters and to obtain a simulated scattering curve; and iii) comparing the model with the real structure obtained from the SAXS data, using the reconstruction of electron density distribution. A bicontinuous structure in cubic mesophases is formed.

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Yakunin, A.N. A bicontinuous structure in some systems with cubic mesophases. centr.eur.j.phys. 2, 535–555 (2004). https://doi.org/10.2478/BF02476431

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