Rheological phase diagrams for nonhomogeneous flows of rodlike liquid crystalline polymers

DOI10.1016/j.jnnfm.2008.09.004zbMath1274.76150OpenAlexW2093542935MaRDI QIDQ377030

Robert A. Brown, Robert C. Armstrong, Micah J. Green

Publication date: 6 November 2013

Published in: Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0377025708001717?np=y

zbMATH Keywords

liquid crystalline polymersrheological phase diagramrigid rod dynamics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Statistical mechanics of polymers (82D60) Statistical mechanics of random media, disordered materials (including liquid crystals and spin glasses) (82D30) Liquid crystals (76A15)

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