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Fast relaxation of a hexagonal Poiseuille shear-induced near-surface phase in a threadlike micellar solution

Journal Article · · Physical Review. E, Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics
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  1. Solid State Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6393 (United States)
  2. National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899 (United States)
  3. Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996 (United States)
The dynamics of near-surface conformations in complex fluids under flow should dramatically affect their rheological properties. We have made the first measurements resolving the decay kinetics of a hexagonal phase induced in a threadlike polyionic micellar system under Poiseuille shear near a quartz surface. Upon cessation of shearing flow, this minimum interference crystalline phase formed within {approximately}20 {mu}m of the surface {open_quotes}melts{close_quotes} to a metastable two-dimensional liquid of aligned micelles in {approximately}0.7 s. This is some three orders of magnitude shorter than the time required for bulk (Couette) shear-aligned micelles in this system to reach a fully entangled state. {copyright} {ital 1999} {ital The American Physical Society}
OSTI ID:
357286
Journal Information:
Physical Review. E, Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics, Journal Name: Physical Review. E, Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 60; ISSN PLEEE8; ISSN 1063-651X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English