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Title: Effects of aspect ratio and concentration on rheology of epoxy suspensions containing model plate-like nanoparticles

Abstract

Hexagonal 2-dimensional α-zirconium phosphate crystals were prepared with lateral diameters ranging from 110 nm to 1.5 μm to investigate the effect of particle size on suspension rheology. The nanoplatelets were exfoliated to individual sheets with monodisperse thickness and dispersed in a Newtonian epoxy fluid. The steady shear response of dilute and semi-dilute suspensions was measured and compared to expressions obtained from theory for infinitely dilute suspensions. For suspensions containing the smaller nanoplatelets, aspect ratio ∼160, the low shear rate viscosity and transition to shear thinning behavior were well described by theory for loadings up to 0.5 vol. %. The agreement was improved by assuming a moderate polydispersity in lateral diameter, ∼30%–50%, which is consistent with experimental observation. For the higher aspect ratio nanoplatelets, good agreement between theory and experiment was observed only at high shear rates. At lower shear rate, theory consistently over-predicted viscosity, which was attributed to a progressive shift to non-isotropic initial conditions with increasing particle size. The results suggest that at a fixed Peclet number, there is an increasing tendency for the nanoplatelets to form transient, local stacks as particle size increases. The largest particles, aspect ratio ∼2200, showed unusual shear thinning and thickening behaviors that weremore » attributed to particle flexibility. The findings demonstrate the surprising utility of theory for infinitely dilute suspensions to interpret, and in some cases quantitatively describe, the non-Newtonian viscosity of real suspensions containing high aspect ratio plate-like particles. A simple framework is proposed to interpret deviations from ideal behavior based on the local and collective behavior of the suspended nanoplatelets.« less

Authors:
;  [1]; ;  [2]
  1. International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energy Research (WPI-I2CNER), Kyushu University, Fukuoka 819-0395 (Japan)
  2. Kaneka US Materials Research Center, Kaneka America Holdings, Inc., College Station, Texas 77843 (United States)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22482460
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Physics of Fluids (1994)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 27; Journal Issue: 12; Other Information: (c) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 1070-6631
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; ASPECT RATIO; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; EPOXIDES; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURES; PARTICLE SIZE; SHEAR; SUSPENSIONS

Citation Formats

White, K. L., Takahara, A., Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 819-0395, Hawkins, S., Sue, H.-J., E-mail: hjsue@tamu.edu, and Miyamoto, M. Effects of aspect ratio and concentration on rheology of epoxy suspensions containing model plate-like nanoparticles. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4937145.
White, K. L., Takahara, A., Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 819-0395, Hawkins, S., Sue, H.-J., E-mail: hjsue@tamu.edu, & Miyamoto, M. Effects of aspect ratio and concentration on rheology of epoxy suspensions containing model plate-like nanoparticles. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4937145
White, K. L., Takahara, A., Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 819-0395, Hawkins, S., Sue, H.-J., E-mail: hjsue@tamu.edu, and Miyamoto, M. 2015. "Effects of aspect ratio and concentration on rheology of epoxy suspensions containing model plate-like nanoparticles". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4937145.
@article{osti_22482460,
title = {Effects of aspect ratio and concentration on rheology of epoxy suspensions containing model plate-like nanoparticles},
author = {White, K. L. and Takahara, A. and Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 819-0395 and Hawkins, S. and Sue, H.-J., E-mail: hjsue@tamu.edu and Miyamoto, M.},
abstractNote = {Hexagonal 2-dimensional α-zirconium phosphate crystals were prepared with lateral diameters ranging from 110 nm to 1.5 μm to investigate the effect of particle size on suspension rheology. The nanoplatelets were exfoliated to individual sheets with monodisperse thickness and dispersed in a Newtonian epoxy fluid. The steady shear response of dilute and semi-dilute suspensions was measured and compared to expressions obtained from theory for infinitely dilute suspensions. For suspensions containing the smaller nanoplatelets, aspect ratio ∼160, the low shear rate viscosity and transition to shear thinning behavior were well described by theory for loadings up to 0.5 vol. %. The agreement was improved by assuming a moderate polydispersity in lateral diameter, ∼30%–50%, which is consistent with experimental observation. For the higher aspect ratio nanoplatelets, good agreement between theory and experiment was observed only at high shear rates. At lower shear rate, theory consistently over-predicted viscosity, which was attributed to a progressive shift to non-isotropic initial conditions with increasing particle size. The results suggest that at a fixed Peclet number, there is an increasing tendency for the nanoplatelets to form transient, local stacks as particle size increases. The largest particles, aspect ratio ∼2200, showed unusual shear thinning and thickening behaviors that were attributed to particle flexibility. The findings demonstrate the surprising utility of theory for infinitely dilute suspensions to interpret, and in some cases quantitatively describe, the non-Newtonian viscosity of real suspensions containing high aspect ratio plate-like particles. A simple framework is proposed to interpret deviations from ideal behavior based on the local and collective behavior of the suspended nanoplatelets.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4937145},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22482460}, journal = {Physics of Fluids (1994)},
issn = {1070-6631},
number = 12,
volume = 27,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Dec 15 00:00:00 EST 2015},
month = {Tue Dec 15 00:00:00 EST 2015}
}