@article{ISI:000084006900013,
 abstract = {We present important new results from light-microscopy and rheometry on
a moderately concentrated lyotropic smectic, with and without
particulate additives, Shear-treatment aligns the phase rapidly, except
for a striking network of oily-streak defects, which anneals out much
more slowly. If spherical particles several microns in diameter are
dispersed in the lamellar medium, part of the defect network persists
under shear-treatment, its nodes anchored on the particles. The sample
as prepared has substantial storage and loss moduli, both of which
decrease steadily under shear-treatment. Adding particles enhances the
moduli and retards their decay under shear. The data for the
frequency-dependent storage modulus after various durations of
shear-treatment can be scaled to collapse onto a single curve. The
elasticity and dissipation in these samples thus arises mainly from the
defect network, not directly from the smectic elasticity and
hydrodynamics.},
 author = {Basappa, G and Suneel and Kumaran, V and Nott, PR and Ramaswamy, S and
Naik, VM and Rout, D},
 doi = {10.1007/s100510051004},
 issn = {1434-6028},
 journal = {EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL B},
 month = {NOV},
 number = {2},
 pages = {269-276},
 title = {Structure and rheology of the defect-gel states of pure and
particle-dispersed lyotropic lamellar phases},
 unique-id = {ISI:000084006900013},
 volume = {12},
 year = {1999}
}