Electrorheological creep response of tumbling nematics

Journal of Rheology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 603-619

  Yao, Ning ^a   Jamieson, Alex M ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CREEP; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; SHEAR STRESS; SILICONES; STRAIN RATE; VISCOSITY;

ELECTRORHEOLOGICAL CREEP RESPONSE; ERICKSEN TRANSVERSELY ISOTROPIC FLUID THEORY; SHEAR CREEP; TUMBLING NEMATICS;

RHEOLOGY;

EID: 0032075562     PISSN: 01486055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1122/1.550945     Document Type: Article

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