Rheology and Shear-Induced Textures of Silver Nanowire Lyotropic Liquid Crystals

Figure 8

Cross-polarized optical microscopy showing the banded texture of silver nanowire thin films made by unidirectional shear at 500 s⁻¹ followed by drying in a vacuum oven. (a) Direction of shear parallel to the polarizer; (b) stage was rotated clockwise with 53°; (c) stage was rotated counterclockwise with 53°. All scale bars represent 40 μm. A: analyzer; P: polarizer; S: the direction of shear.

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