Shear rheology of carbon nanotube suspensions

Rheologica Acta

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 323-334

  Hobbie, Erik K ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Shear flow; Soft solids; Stiff polymer chains; Suspension

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951128149     PISSN: 00354511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00397-009-0422-4     Document Type: Review

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