Rheochaos and flow instability phenomena in a nonionic lamellar phase

Luigi Gentile, B. F. B. Silva, S. Lages, Kell Mortensen, J. Kohlbrecher, U. Olsson

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Abstract

In this study we report on instability phenomena in a solution where shear induces multilamellar vesicles (MLVs) from a lamellar phase. A shear-thickening regime has been observed for hexadecyl tetraethylene glycol ether (C 16E4) dissolved in D2O at 40 °C. In this regime, unstable temporal viscosity behavior, i.e. periodic oscillations, has been observed at 2, 5 and 10 s-1. Moreover at a shear rate of 10 s-1 shear banding manifests itself as the occurrence of transparent and turbid bands stacked along the vorticity direction. We perform time-resolved-rheo-small angle neutron scattering (rheo-SANS) experiments to understand the nature of the viscosity oscillations and spatial-resolved experiments to obtain a structural characterization of vorticity bands.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftSoft Matter
Vol/bind9
Udgave nummer4
Sider (fra-til)1133-1140
ISSN1744-683X
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 28 jan. 2013

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