Shear effects on phase separating polymer solutions: A molecular dynamics study

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 112, Issue 23, 2000, Pages 10582-10587

  Liu, Hong ^a   Chakrabarti, Amitabha ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MORPHOLOGY; NUMERICAL METHODS; PHASE SEPARATION; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR FLOW; SOLUTIONS; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS;

SHEAR VISCOSITY; SHEAR-INDUCED RHEOLOGY;

POLYMERS;

EID: 0033721424     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.481692     Document Type: Article

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