ISSN:
1435-1536
Keywords:
Plastic flow
;
shear thickening
;
diblock copolymer solution
;
rotational rheometry
;
micelle system
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
Notes:
Abstract Concentrated (typically 6%) solutions of a polystyrene-polyisoprene diblock copolymer in low viscosity paraffinic solvents form a micelle system by precipitating the polystyrene blocks, whereas the polyisoprene blocks are in solution. Besides viscoplastic behavior without thixotropy, this system exhibits a pronounced shear thickening in steady-state shear flow. The micelles are stable up to shear rates of more than 105 s−1. The properties of the solutions, especially the shear-thickening behavior, depend on the thermal history of the samples as well as on the solvent properties and are sensitive to flow field disturbances occurring in rotational viscometer devices with a profiled surface structure as commonly used to avoid wall slip in dispersed materials. The shear thickening is found to be related to the formation of a long-range ordered structure which also gives rise to the yield point. This long-range order enables aggregate flow with less energy dissipation at low shear rates. Shear-induced break-up of the aggregates appears as a shear-thickening transition which is observed in different types of flow fields.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00656893
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