Structural rearrangements in hairy-rod polymer solutions undergoing shear

Rheologica Acta

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 514-527

  Hilliou, Loic ^a   Vlassopoulos, Dimitris ^a   Rehahn, Matthias ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE AND LASER   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Birefringence; Hairy rod polymers; Rheooptics; Worm like chains

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; POLYMER; RHEOLOGY;

EID: 0033495877     PISSN: 00354511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003970050204     Document Type: Conference Paper

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