Rheology and dynamics of a solvent segregation driven gel (SeedGel)

Xi, Yuyin; Murphy, Ryan P.; Zhang, Qingteng; Zemborain, Aurora; Narayanan, Suresh; Chae, Junsu; Choi, Siyoung Q.; Fluerasu, Andrei; Wiegart, Lutz; Liu, Yun

doi:10.1039/d2sm01129h

Rheology and dynamics of a solvent segregation driven gel (SeedGel)

Journal Article · Tue Nov 29 23:00:00 EST 2022 · Soft Matter

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/d2sm01129h· OSTI ID:2404401

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National Inst. of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, MD (United States); Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE (United States)
National Inst. of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, MD (United States)
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Univ. of Chicago, IL (United States)
Korea Advanced Inst. Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon (Korea, Republic of)
Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II)

Bicontinuous structures promise applications in a broad range of research fields, such as energy storage, membrane science, and biomaterials. Kinetically arrested spinodal decomposition is found responsible for stabilizing such structures in different types of materials. A recently developed solvent segregation driven gel (SeedGel) is demonstrated to realize bicontinuous channels thermoreversibly with tunable domain sizes by trapping nanoparticles in a particle domain. As the mechanical properties of SeedGel are very important for its future applications, a model system is characterized by temperature-dependent rheology. The storage modulus shows excellent thermo-reproducibility and interesting temperature dependence with the maximum storage modulus observed at an intermediate temperature range (around 28 °C). SANS measurements are conducted at different temperatures to identify the macroscopic solvent phase separation during the gelation transition, and solvent exchange between solvent and particle domains that is responsible for this behavior. Further, the long-time dynamics of the gel is further studied by X-ray Photon Correlation Spectroscopy (XPCS). The results indicate that particles in the particle domain are in a glassy state and their long-time dynamics are strongly correlated with the temperature dependence of the storage modulus.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); National Science Foundation (NSF)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357

OSTI ID:: 2404401

Journal Information:: Soft Matter, Journal Name: Soft Matter Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 19; ISSN 1744-683X

Publisher:: Royal Society of ChemistryCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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