Rotation of liquid crystalline macromolecules in shear flow and shear-induced periodic orientation patterns

Rheologica Acta

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 160-167

  Müller, Jörg A ^a   Stein, Richard S ^a   Winter, H Henning ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Conoscopy; Instability; Liquid crystal; Monodomain; Rheology; Shear

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000308832     PISSN: 00354511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf00396043     Document Type: Article

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