Real-time depth sectioning: Isolating the effect of stress on structure development in pressure-driven flow

Journal of Rheology

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1229-1254

  Fernandez Ballester, Lucia ^a,b   Thurman, Derek W ^a,c   Kornfield, Julia A ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^c EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Birefringence; Flow induced crystallization; Polypropylene; SAXS WAXD; Shear; Shish kebabs

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL WALL; COLLOIDAL SYSTEM; COMPLEX FLUIDS; DEPTH-RESOLVED; EX SITU; FLOW-INDUCED CRYSTALLIZATION; FLOW-INDUCED STRUCTURES; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; ISOTACTIC POLYPROPYLENE; ISOTHERMAL SHEAR; LIQUID CRYSTALLINE POLYMER; LOWER STRESS; PRESSURE-DRIVEN FLOWS; REAL TIME MEASUREMENTS; RECTANGULAR CHANNEL; RETARDANCE; SAXS WAXD; SECTIONING METHODS; SHEAR; SHISH KEBABS; STRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT; SYNCHROTRON X-RAY SCATTERING; TIME DEPTH; TRANSIENT STRUCTURE;

BIREFRINGENCE; BLOCK COPOLYMERS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; CRYSTALLIZATION; LIQUIDS; METALLIC GLASS; POLYPROPYLENES; PRESSURE EFFECTS; THERMOPLASTICS; TIME MEASUREMENT;

LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS;

EID: 70249093926     PISSN: 01486055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1122/1.3164970     Document Type: Article

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