Affiliations: Nezu Chemical Institute, Musashi University, 1–26, Toyotama-kami, Nerimaku, Tokyo, Japan
Note: [1] This paper was presented at the VIth International Congress on Rheology. As it was part of a series of papers given in memory of Aharon Katzir-Katchalsky at the 1st International Congress of Biorheology, it is included in this issue of Biorheology, even though it is not essentially biological. A.L.C. and G.W.S.B.
Note: [2] 1st International Congress of Biorheology, Lyon, France, 4–8 September 1972
Note: [*] Invited Lecturer.
Abstract: The flow properties of the mesomorphic melts (smectic liquid crystals) of ammonium salts of higher fatty acids are measured. It is found characteristic for these mesomorphic melts that they generally show non-Newtonian flow and also that they show anomalous viscosity–temperature curves which have a sharp maximum near the transition temperature of anisotropic melt into isotropic liquid, so far as the applied shear rate is not so high. Such characteristic behaviour is discussed from the viewpoint of the translational and rotational molecular motions in the mesomorphic melts under given experimental conditions.
DOI: 10.3233/BIR-1973-10216
Journal: Biorheology, vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 239-247, 1973
