Transient rheological probing of PIB/hectorite-nanocomposites

Korea Australia Rheology Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 27-34

  Suns, Jun Hee ^a,b   Mewis, Jan ^a   Moldenaers, Paula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Clay suspension; Nanocomposite; Scaling function; Stress jumps; Thixotropy

Indexed keywords

EID: 46349101788     PISSN: 1226119X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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