Viscoelastic properties of ultra-high viscosity alginates

Rheologica Acta

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 155-167

  Storz, Henning ^a   Zimmermann, Ulrich ^b   Zimmermann, Heiko ^c   Kulicke, Werner Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING   (Germany)

Author keywords

Extensional flow; Small amplitude oscillatory shear; Steady shear flow; Structure property relationships; Ultra high viscosity alginates

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949270224     PISSN: 00354511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00397-009-0400-x     Document Type: Article

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