Effects of flexibility on liquid crystal
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Charu V. Chaubal; L. Gary Leal
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Article
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1999
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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A new theory for liquid crystalline polymers is developed, and its behavior in simple shear flow is analyzed. The theory accounts for molecular flexibility by employing a microstructure consisting of two rigid rods linked by a joint with a tunable stiffness. The probability distribution function equ