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. 2015 Dec 9;5:17941. doi: 10.1038/srep17941

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(a) Snap shots of the structural evolution in the precursor at 15 °C and s⁻¹, before time reached 18 minutes. Over time, the sheared precursor completely transformed into CLS with “milky” appearance. (b) Structural evolution of the CLS once the flow was stopped and the temperature was increased to room temperature. The milky color and consistency of the CLS gradually disappeared over time. The CLS completely disintegrated after ~16 minutes, with the precursor reversed to its original transparent appearance. See SI movies. (c) Microstructure of the micro-crystals formed in the precursor gradually disintegrated over time at room temperature. The insets are birefringence images of the CLS at equilibrium. All scale bars represent 10 μm.

Inline graphic — (a) Snap shots of the structural evolution in the precursor at 15 °C and s⁻¹, before time reached 18 minutes. Over time, the sheared precursor completely transformed into CLS with “milky” appearance. (b) Structural evolution of the CLS once the flow was stopped and the temperature was increased to room temperature. The milky color and consistency of the CLS gradually disappeared over time. The CLS completely disintegrated after ~16 minutes, with the precursor reversed to its original transparent appearance. See SI movies. (c) Microstructure of the micro-crystals formed in the precursor gradually disintegrated over time at room temperature. The insets are birefringence images of the CLS at equilibrium. All scale bars represent 10 μm.