Elastic Flow Instability in Nanotube Suspensions

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 4-

  Lin Gibson, S ^a   Pathak, J A ^a   Grulke, E A ^b   Wang, H ^a,c   Hobbie, E K ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c Michigan Technological University   (United States)

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EID: 85038339570     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.048302     Document Type: Article

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