The flexure-based microgap rheometer (FMR)

Journal of Rheology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 883-905

  Clasen, Christian ^a,b   Gearing, Brian P ^a   McKinley, Gareth H ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Emulsion; Microrheology; Microrheometry; Shear rheometry; Wall slip; Yield stress

Indexed keywords

EMULSIONS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FOOD PRODUCTS; PROXIMITY SENSORS; SHEAR STRESS; YIELD STRESS;

COMPLEX FLUIDS; MICRORHEOLOGY; MICRORHEOMETRY; SHEAR RHEOMETRY; WALL SLIP;

RHEOMETERS;

EID: 33750924273     PISSN: 01486055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1122/1.2357190     Document Type: Article

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