Transient rheological behavior of lyotropic solutions of ethyl cellulose in m-cresol

Rheologica Acta

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 108-116

  Lizaso, Isabel ^a   Muñoz, Maria Eugenia ^a   Santamaría, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Defects texture; Ethyl cellulose; Liquid crystal; Lyotropic; Transient experiments

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL; POLYMER; RHEOLOGY;

EID: 0345425716     PISSN: 00354511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003970050161     Document Type: Article

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