Viscosity of a liquid crystalline polymer solution with a polydomain or a band texture

Vassilios Tsakalos (1) , Edith Peuvrel-Disdier (1) , Patrick Navard (1)

1 CEMEF - Centre de Mise en Forme des Matériaux

The viscosity of a mainchain liquid crystalline polymer (anisotropic aqueous solution of hydroxypropylcellulose) is measured in the case where the liquid crystalline polymer presents a band texture and is compared to the case of a polydomain texture.

Mots clés: Band texture; Hydroxypropylcellulose; Liquid crystalline polymer; Polydomain; Rheology

Domaines: Matériaux

Vassilios Tsakalos, Edith Peuvrel-Disdier, Patrick Navard. Viscosity of a liquid crystalline polymer solution with a polydomain or a band texture. Rheologica Acta, 1997, 36 (6), pp.Pages 628-631. ⟨10.1007/s003970050077⟩. ⟨hal-00672007⟩