The Connection between Biaxial Orientation and Shear Thinning for Quasi-Ideal Rods
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Theory
2.1. Smoluchowski Theory
2.2. Doi–Edwards–Kuzuu (DEK) Theory
2.3. Scaling
3. Experiments, Materials and Methods
3.1. Measurements and Materials
3.2. Obtaining the Full Orientation Tensor and the Biaxiality
4. Results
5. Discussion
5.1. Shear Thinning
5.2. Biaxiality
6. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
Abbreviations
ODF | orientational distribution function |
DEK | Doi–Edwards–Kuzuu |
SANS | small angle neutron scattering |
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Lang, C.; Kohlbrecher, J.; Porcar, L.; Lettinga, M.P. The Connection between Biaxial Orientation and Shear Thinning for Quasi-Ideal Rods. Polymers 2016, 8, 291. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym8080291
Lang C, Kohlbrecher J, Porcar L, Lettinga MP. The Connection between Biaxial Orientation and Shear Thinning for Quasi-Ideal Rods. Polymers. 2016; 8(8):291. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym8080291
Chicago/Turabian StyleLang, Christian, Joachim Kohlbrecher, Lionel Porcar, and Minne Paul Lettinga. 2016. "The Connection between Biaxial Orientation and Shear Thinning for Quasi-Ideal Rods" Polymers 8, no. 8: 291. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym8080291