Particles Changing Angle: Unexpected Orientation in Capillaries (IMAGE)

Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY

Particles Changing Angle: Unexpected Orientation in Capillaries

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These X-ray diffraction images reveal a parallel particle orientation to the flow direction prior to the narrowing of the capillary (A) and a particle orientation perpendicular to the flow direction after the narrowing in the capillary (B).

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Department of Physical Chemistry I, University of Bayreuth

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