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. 2014 Jul 1;107(1):255–265. doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2014.04.047

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Formation of nematic and isotropic tactoids. (A) Molecular structure of DSCG. (B and C) Crossed polar images of (B) nematic and (C) isotropic tactoids. The nematic tactoids formed in imaging chambers following cooling of an isotropic phase of 15 wt % DSCG solution from 40°C to 33°C; isotropic tactoids formed in imaging chambers following heating of a nematic phase DSCG solution from 25°C to 30°C. (D) Three-dimensional depiction of the shape adopted by sessile tactoids (both isotropic and nematic) in our experiments. Scale bars are 100 μm. To see this figure in color, go online.