The deformation and retraction of thermotropic LCP droplets in a flexible polymer matrix

Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 93, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 315-323

  Lee, Heon Sang ^a   Denn, Morton M ^b  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Benjamin Levich Institute for Physico Chemical Hydrodynamics   (United States)

Author keywords

Blend; Droplet; Liquid crystalline polymer

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS; MORPHOLOGY; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; POLYMER BLENDS; RHEOLOGY; STRAIN; STRESS RELAXATION; SURFACE TENSION; THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMERS; THERMOTROPIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

FLEXIBLE POLYMER DROPLETS; RETRACTION; SHAPE RECOVERY;

NON NEWTONIAN FLOW;

DEFORMATION; DROPLET; LIQUID CRYSTAL; POLYMER;

EID: 0034307472     PISSN: 03770257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-0257(00)00118-X     Document Type: Article

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