Rotational Dynamics of Rigid Rods

In this example (Mori et al., 1982), the experimental method is oscillatory electric birefringence (Morris and Lodge, 1986), in which 

Linear birefringence for a 400 ppm FeOOH suspension in 97 3 glycerin-water. The experiment consisted of a flow reversal sequence with a shear rate of 4 s . Abscissa units are dimensionless time, shear rate times t. From Johnson et al. (1985). 

Fredrickson, G. H., Anna. Rev. Phys. Chem. 1990a, 41, 525. 

Pecora, R., Dynamic Light Scattering Wiley New York, 1976. 

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