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Title: Lubricant shear thinning behavior correlated with variation of radius of gyration via molecular dynamics simulations

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
  2. Valvoline, Inc., Lexington, Kentucky 40509, USA
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1377686
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Journal Name:
Journal of Chemical Physics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Journal of Chemical Physics Journal Volume: 147 Journal Issue: 8; Journal ID: ISSN 0021-9606
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American Institute of Physics
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United States
Language:
English

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Liu, Pinzhi, Lu, Jie, Yu, Hualong, Ren, Ning, Lockwood, Frances E., and Wang, Q. Jane. Lubricant shear thinning behavior correlated with variation of radius of gyration via molecular dynamics simulations. United States: N. p., 2017. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4986552.
Liu, Pinzhi, Lu, Jie, Yu, Hualong, Ren, Ning, Lockwood, Frances E., & Wang, Q. Jane. Lubricant shear thinning behavior correlated with variation of radius of gyration via molecular dynamics simulations. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4986552
Liu, Pinzhi, Lu, Jie, Yu, Hualong, Ren, Ning, Lockwood, Frances E., and Wang, Q. Jane. Mon . "Lubricant shear thinning behavior correlated with variation of radius of gyration via molecular dynamics simulations". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4986552.
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