Twist-Bend Stage in the Relaxation of Sheared Chiral Nematic Suspensions of Cellulose Nanocrystals

ACS Omega

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 212-219

  Gray, Derek G ^a   Mu, Xiaoyue ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 84998643133     PISSN: None     EISSN: 24701343     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.6b00100     Document Type: Article

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