A rheo-optical and dynamic X-ray-scattering study of flow-induced textures in main-chain thermotropic liquid-crystalline polymers. the influence of molecular weight

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 455, Issue 1983, 1999, Pages 1175-1201

  Romo Uaibe, Angel ^a   Windle, Alan H ^a  

^a SANOFI   (France)

Author keywords

Banded texture; In situ microstructural characterization; Macromolecular orientation and relaxation; Nematic polymers; Recoverable strain; Stress relaxation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746389261     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.1999.0354     Document Type: Article

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