Nonhomogenous patterns with core defects in elongational flows of liquid crystal polymers

Journal of Rheology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1573-1582

  Forest, M Gregory ^a   Wang, Qi ^a,b   Zhou, Hong ^a,c  

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

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 2242478839     PISSN: 01486055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1122/1.551061     Document Type: Article

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