Shear-history dependent 'equilibrium' states of liquid-crystalline hydroxypropylcellulose solutions detected by rheo-nuclear magnetic resonance

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 15, Issue 32, 2003, Pages 5461-5468

  Godinho, M H ^a   Van Der Klink, J J ^b   Martins, A F ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE CIÊNCIA DOS MATERIAIS   (Portugal)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; LIGHT SCATTERING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; RHEOLOGY; SOLUTIONS; X RAY SCATTERING;

HYDROXYPROPYLCELLULOSE; MACROSCOPIC ORDER; RHEO NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS;

EID: 0042789043     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/15/32/307     Document Type: Article

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