Extensional viscosity of a thermotropic liquid crystalline polymer

Journal of Rheology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1205-1223

  Gotsis, A D ^a   Odriozola, M A ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPOLYMERS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; POLYESTERS; RHEOLOGY; RHEOMETERS; STRAIN RATE; THERMOTROPIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; VISCOSITY MEASUREMENT;

ELONGATIONAL FLOW; EXTENSIONAL VISCOSITY; VISCOSITY GROWTH;

LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS;

EID: 0034268992     PISSN: 01486055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1122/1.1289276     Document Type: Article

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