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We discuss the hydrodynamic equations which describe the shear dynamics of a liquid composed of anisotropic molecules, both in its normal and its supercooled phases. We use these equations to analyze 90 depolarized light scattering experiments performed in the supercooled phase of a glass forming liquid, metatoluidine, and show that the information extracted from this analysis is consistent with independent shear viscosity measurements performed on that liquid in the same temperature range.
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Received 28 April 1998
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Dreyfus, C., Aouadi, A., Pick, R. et al. Light scattering by transverse waves in supercooled liquids and application to metatoluidine. Eur. Phys. J. B 9, 401–419 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s100510050783
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s100510050783