Prediction of coil-stretch hysteresis for dilute polystyrene molecules in extensional flow

Journal of Rheology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1081-1089

  Hsieh, Chih Chen ^a   Larson, Ronald G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROWNIAN DYNAMICS; COILED STATES; EXTENSIONAL FLOWS;

DNA; POLYMERS; POLYSTYRENES; SOLUTIONS;

HYSTERESIS;

EID: 30344466333     PISSN: 01486055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1122/1.2000971     Document Type: Article

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