Vol. 10, No. 3 (March 2003)

Flow birefringence, stress optical rule and rheology of four micellar solutions with the same low shear viscosity    p. 201 J.P. Decruppe and A. Ponton Published online: 1 April 2003 DOI: 10.1140/epje/i2002-10108-y Abstract PDF (306.4 KB)

Towards local rheology of emulsions under Couette flow using Dynamic Light Scattering    p. 209 J.-B. Salmon, L. Bécu, S. Manneville and A. Colin Published online: 1 April 2003 DOI: 10.1140/epje/i2002-10110-5 Abstract PDF (459.9 KB)

Effect of physical ageing in thin glassy polymer films    p. 223 S. Kawana and R.A.L. Jones Published online: 1 April 2003 DOI: 10.1140/epje/i2002-10111-4 Abstract PDF (182.5 KB)

Self-organization of inclusions in free-standing films    p. 231 P. Cluzeau, V. Bonnand, G. Joly, V. Dolganov and H.T. Nguyen Published online: 15 April 2003 DOI: 10.1140/epje/i2002-10109-x Abstract PDF (393.5 KB)

Survival and extinction in cyclic and neutral three-species systems    p. 241 M. Ifti and B. Bergersen Published online: 1 April 2003 DOI: 10.1140/epje/i2002-10112-3 Abstract PDF (310.3 KB)

Force-extension behavior of folding polymers    p. 249 S. Cocco, J.F. Marko, R. Monasson, A. Sarkar and J. Yan Published online: 15 April 2003 DOI: 10.1140/epje/i2002-10113-2 Abstract PDF (327.3 KB)

An improved reflectometric method to measure the azimuthal anchoring energy of nematic liquid crystals    p. 265 S. Faetti and G.C. Mutinati Published online: 15 April 2003 DOI: 10.1140/epje/i2002-10114-1 Abstract PDF (318.8 KB)

Controlled nucleation of point defects on a disclination line near a free surface during smectic-A–to–nematic directional melting    p. 281 J. Ignés-Mullol, L. Scurtu and P. Oswald Published online: 15 April 2003 DOI: 10.1140/epje/i2002-10116-y Abstract PDF (423.0 KB)