Varnik, F.: Complex rheology of a simple model glass: Shear thinning, dynamic versus static yielding and flow heterogeneity. Institut für theoretische Physik, University of Düsseldorf, Germany (2005)
Varnik, F.: Stress fluctuations, static yield stress and shear banding in a flowing Lennard-Jones glass. SPIE conference on Fluctuation and Noise in Materials, Maspalomas, Gran Canaria, Spain (2004)
Varnik, F.: The static yield stress and flow heterogeneity in a model glass: A molecular dynamics study. International workshop on dynamics in viscous liquids, München, Germany (2004)
Varnik, F.: Etude par dynamique moléculaire de l’écoulement dans les systèmes amorphes. Laboratoire de Physique de la Matière Condensée, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Lyon, France (2004)
Varnik, F.: Yield stress and shear banding in a flowing Lennard-Jones glass: A molecular dynamics study. Seminar talk at Laboratoire de Physico-Chimie Théorique, ESPCI, Paris, France (2003)
Varnik, F.: Rhéologie non-linéaire d’un modèle simple: La bande de cisaillement et la dynamique locale. Deuxième Journée de Modélisation Moléculaire des Polymères et des Matériaux Amorphes, Université Paris Sud, Orsay, France (2003)
Varnik, F.: Confinement effects on the slow dynamics of a supercooled polymer melt: Rouse modes and the incoherent scattering function. 2nd International Workshop on Dynamics in Confinement, Grenoble, France (2003)
Varnik, F.: Résultats de simulations de dynamique moléculaire sur la dynamique vitreuse d’un système de polymères. Seminar at Laboratoire de Chimie-Physique, Université Paris Sud, Orsay, France (2001)
Varnik, F.: Effects of the confinement on the glass transition in thin polymer films. 28th International Conference on Dynamical Properties of Solids (DYPROSO XXVIII), Kerkrade, The Netherlands (2001)
Varnik, F.: Measurements of moments for diffracted laser beams: Comparison with theory. 4-th International Conference on Laser Beam and Optics Characterization (LBOC), München, Germany (1997)
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