Rheo-NMR: nuclear magnetic resonance and the rheology of complex fluids

The application of nuclear magnetic resonance methods to the study of compl ex fluids under shearing and extensional flows is reviewed. Both NMR veloci metry and spectroscopy approaches are discussed while specific systems stud ied include polymer melts, rigid rod and random coil polymers in solution, lyotropic and thermotropic liquid crystals and liquid crystalline polymers, and wormlike micelles. Reference is made to food systems.