Dynamic Response of Block Copolymer Wormlike Micelles to Shear Flow
| Autor: | Lonetti, B., Kohlbrecher, J., Willner, L., Dhont, J. K. G., Lettinga, M. P. |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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| Druh dokumentu: | Working Paper |
| DOI: | 10.1088/0953-8984/20/40/404207 |
| Popis: | The linear and non-linear dynamic response to an oscillatory shear flow of giant wormlike micelles consisting of Pb-Peo block copolymers is studied by means of Fourier transform rheology. Experiments are performed in the vicinity of the isotropic-nematic phase transition concentration, where the location of isotropic-nematic phase transition lines is determined independently. Strong shear-thinning behaviour is observed due to critical slowing down of orientational diffusion as a result of the vicinity of the isotropic- nematic spinodal. This severe shear-thinning behaviour is shown to result in gradient shear banding. Time-resolved Small angle neutron scattering experiments are used to obtain insight in the microscopic phenomena that underly the observed rheological response. An equation of motion for the order-parameter tensor and an expression of the stress tensor in terms of the order-parameter tensor are used to interpret the experimental data, both in the linear and non-linear regime. Scaling of the dynamic behaviour of the orientational order parameter and the stress is found when critical slowing down due to the vicinity of the isotropic-nematic spinodal is accounted for. Comment: Accepted by J. Phys.: Condens. Matter, CODEF II Special Issue. 20 pages, 9 figures |
| Databáze: | arXiv |
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