Theory of linear viscoelasticity of cholesteric liquid crystals

Journal of Rheology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 855-869

  Rey, Alejandro D ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; OSCILLATIONS; RELAXATION PROCESSES; SHEAR FLOW; TORQUE; VELOCITY; VISCOELASTICITY; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS; VORTEX FLOW;

CHOLESTERIC HELIX; CHOLESTERIC HELIX ORIENTATION; FRANK ELASTIC CONSTANTS; LINEAR VISCOELASTICITY; MIESOWICZ SHEAR VISCOSITY; TORQUE COEFFICIENTS;

CHOLESTERIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 0034215916     PISSN: 01486055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1122/1.551112     Document Type: Article

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