Extensibility governs the flow-induced alignment of polymers and rod-like colloids

Autor: Vincenzo Calabrese, Tatiana Porto Santos, Carlos G. Lopez, Minne Paul Lettinga, Simon J. Haward, Amy Q. Shen
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Physical Review Research, Vol 6, Iss 1, p L012042 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2643-1564
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevResearch.6.L012042
Popis: Polymers and rod-like colloids (PaRC) adopt a favorable orientation under sufficiently strong flows. However, how the flow kinematics affect the alignment of such nanostructures according to their extensibility remains unclear. By analyzing the shear- and extension-induced alignment of chemically and structurally different PaRC, we show that extensibility is a key determinant of the structural response to the imposed kinematics. We propose a unified description of the effectiveness of extensional flow, compared to shearing flow, at aligning PaRC of different extensibility.
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