Cellulosic sources, such as lignocellulose-rich biomass, can be mechanically or acid
degraded to produce inclusions called cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs). They have several …

A tensor description of the orientational structure in a fiber suspension provides an efficient
way to compute flow‐induced fiber orientation, but the scheme requires an accurate closure …

Numerical and analytical methods are developed to invert the double reptation mixing rule
to determine the molecular weight distribution (MWD). An analytic method involving Mellin …

We developed improved models (called ORW and ORW3) of existing “orthotropic fitted”
closure approximations (ORF or ORL) for use with a wide range of fiber‐fiber interaction …

The effect of stirring and seeding on the formation of fibrils in whey protein isolate (WPI)
solutions was studied. More fibrils of a similar length are formed when WPI is stirred during …

The calculation of the fiber orientation of short fiber-reinforced plastics with the Fokker–
Planck equation requires a considerable numerical effort, which is practically not feasible for …

This IMA Volume in Mathematics and its Applications AMORPHOUS POLYMERS AND NON-
NEWTONIAN FLUIDS is in part the proceedings of a workshop which was an integral part of …

Relaxation of flow birefringence can give a direct measure of the rotational diffusion of
rodlike objects in solution. With a suitable model of the rotational diffusivity, a length …

We have studied the effect of shear flow on the formation of amyloid fibrils of the whey
protein β-lactoglobulin. β-Lactoglobulin aggregates into long, thin, and semiflexible fibrils …

Recoverable strains were measured on isotropic and liquid crystalline solutions of PBLG
[poly (γ‐benzyl‐l‐glutamate)] and HPC [hydroxypropylcellulose]. For isotropic PBLG, the …