Molecular orientation of a commercial thermotropic liquid crystalline polymer in simple shear and complex flow
β Scribed by Wesley R. Burghardt; Eric F. Brown; Maria Lujan Auad; Julia A. Kornfield
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 460 KB
- Volume
- 44
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0035-4511
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