Rheostructural studies of a discotic mesophase pitch at processing flow conditions

Rheologica Acta

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 845-854

  Kundu, Santanu ^a,b   Ogale, Amod A ^a  

^a Clemson University   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Discotic liquid crystals; Mesophase pitch; Microstructure; Orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955050384     PISSN: 00354511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00397-010-0448-7     Document Type: Article

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