Scaling and mesostructure of Carbopol dispersions

Rheologica Acta

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 441-450

  Gutowski, Iris A ^a   Lee, David ^a   de Bruyn, John R ^b   Frisken, Barbara J ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbopol; Elastic modulus; Microgel; Rheology; Viscoelasticity; Yield stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862781229     PISSN: 00354511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00397-011-0614-6     Document Type: Article

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