Transient rheology of discotic mesophases

Rheologica Acta

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 590-604

  Grecov, Dana ^a   Rey, Alejandro D ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Discotic mesophases; Shear start up; Stress overshoots; Stress response; Stress scaling

Indexed keywords

RHEOLOGY; SHEAR FLOW; START UP FLOW; STRESS;

EID: 0344236334     PISSN: 00354511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00397-003-0316-9     Document Type: Article

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