Tumbling dynamics in a nematic surfactant solution in transient shear flows

Journal of Rheology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 765-779

  Caputo, Franklin E ^a   Burghardt, Wesley R ^a   Berret, Jean François ^b  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

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EID: 0000891205     PISSN: 01486055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1122/1.550998     Document Type: Article

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