Retraction to:  Rheol Acta (2011) 50:179–198

                    DOI 10.1007/s00397-011-537-2

This paper has been retracted due to multiple ethical misconduct including unauthorized naming of the coauthors by the corresponding author of the original article David Mead. Furthermore the given affiliation “Center for the Molecular Study of Condensed Soft Matter, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL 60616, USA” was illegitimately stated by David Mead.