Theory of linear viscoelasticity of chiral liquid crystals

Rheologica Acta

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 400-409

  Rey, Alejandro D ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cholesteric liquid crystals; Dynamic viscosity; Linear viscoelasticity; Macroscopic theory; Oscillatory shear; Storage and loss moduli

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008977986     PISSN: 00354511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00368991     Document Type: Article

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