Shear thickening in low-concentration solutions of wormlike micelles. I. Direct visualization of transient behavior and phase transitions

Journal of Rheology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1185-1208

  Hu, Y T ^a   Boltenhagen, Philippe ^a,c   Pine, D J ^b  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CNRS   (France)

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EID: 2742597505     PISSN: 01486055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1122/1.550926     Document Type: Article

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