Linear viscoelasticity and director dynamics of nematic liquid crystalline polymer melts

Europhysics Letters

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 255-261

  Long, D ^a,b   Morse, D C ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

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EID: 0034338722     PISSN: 02955075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1209/epl/i2000-00142-5     Document Type: Article

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