Bingham Award Lecture−1990: Rheological and rheo‐optical studies on nematic solutions of a rodlike polymer
作者:
G. C. Berry,
期刊:
Journal of Rheology
(AIP Available online 1991)
卷期:
Volume 35,
issue 6
页码: 943-983
ISSN:0148-6055
年代: 1991
DOI:10.1122/1.550176
出版商: The Society of Rheology
关键词: Nematic polymers;Liquid crystals;Rigid‐rod polymers;Birefringence;Normal stress;NEMATIC CRYSTALS;RHEOLOGY;ORGANIC POLYMERS;STRESS−STRAIN RELATION;FLOW VISUALIZATION;TEXTURE;SOLUTIONS
数据来源: AIP
摘要:
Rheological and rheo‐optical studies on nematic solutions of the rodlike poly (1,4‐phenylene‐2,6‐benzobisthiazole), PBT, are discussed in terms of theoretical predictions based on the use of the Ericksen–Leslie constitutive equation for nematic fluids. The behavior of both aligned and unaligned solutions is discussed. Experiments on the former show that the nematic solutions of PBT do not align in a slow shear flow, and that reorientation of the director in a magnetic field is coupled with local flow, producing a phase grating. The grating, which is visualized by its diffraction of light, may also be observed in flow. The textural features of initially unaligned solutions are discussed, and the flow behavior is considered in terms of certain theories based on a polydomain structure in the nematic fluid.
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