Dynamic response of a near-critical polymer blend solution under oscillatory shear flow

Journal of Rheology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 153-166

  Lai, Janet ^a   Fuller, Gerald G ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; DYNAMICS; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; HYDRODYNAMICS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; OSCILLATIONS; RELAXATION PROCESSES; SCATTERING; SHEAR FLOW; SOLUTIONS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

OSCILLATORY SHEAR FLOW; SCATTERING DICHROISM MEASUREMENTS; SMALL ANGLE LIGHT SCATTERING;

POLYMER BLENDS;

EID: 0029733467     PISSN: 01486055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1122/1.550796     Document Type: Article

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