Influence of shear on a lamellar triblock copolymer near the order-disorder transition

Journal of Rheology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1147-1171

  Tepe, T ^a   Hajduk, D A ^a   Hillmyer, M A ^a   Weimann, P A ^a   Tirrell, M ^a   Bates, F S ^a   Almdal, K ^b   Mortensen, K ^b  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; NEUTRON SCATTERING; ORDER DISORDER TRANSITIONS; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR FLOW; STRAIN;

LAMELLAR TRIBLOCK COPOLYMERS; RHEOLOGICAL MEASUREMENT; SMALL ANGLE NEUTRON SCATTERING;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS;

EID: 0031232939     PISSN: 01486055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1122/1.550819     Document Type: Article

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