The weak shear kinetic phase diagram for nematic polymers

Rheologica Acta

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 17-37

  Forest, M Gregory ^a   Wang, Qi ^b   Zhou, Ruhai ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Kinetic; Nematic polymer; Phase diagram; Rheology; Shear flow

Indexed keywords

POLYMER;

EID: 1842481276     PISSN: 00354511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00397-003-0317-8     Document Type: Article

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