Shear induced alignment of elongated particles is studied experimentally and numerically.
We show that shear alignment of ensembles of macroscopic particles is comparable even …

We study the shear problem for nematic polymers as modeled by the molecular kinetic
theory of Doi (1981), focusing on the anomalous slow flow regime. We provide the kinetic …

The behavior of a colloidal suspension of rodlike fd viruses in the nematic phase, subjected
to steady state and transient shear flows, is studied. The monodisperse nature of these rods …

The purpose of this paper is to extend the rheological predictions of the Doi-Hess kinetic
theory for sheared nematic polymers from the anomalous weak shear regime (Forest et al …

We describe a fast, reproducible method to accurately measure the length of single-walled
carbon nanotubes (SWNTs). The method is based on measuring the viscosity of a …

We present the non-equilibrium phase diagram of rod-like colloids (fd-viruses) under shear
flow. The shear-induced displacement of the isotropic–nematic binodal is obtained from time …

We review the effect of shear flow on the phase behavior and structure of colloidal
dispersions with increasing degree of complexity. We discuss dispersions of colloidal rods …

This chapter is a self-contained treatment of various aspects concerning suspensions of
uniaxial rod-like colloidal particles in flow. First of all, the friction coefficients of rods in an …

Asymptotic States of a Smoluchowski Equation Page 1 Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
10.1007/s00205-004-0331-8 Arch. Rational Mech. Anal. 174 (2004) 365–384 Asymptotic States …

A priori prediction of the flow properties of polydisperse rodlike macromolecules is a
prerequisite for the understanding of many industrial and biological processes. Using …