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

W. A. Hamilton, P. D. Butler, L. J. Magid, Z. Han, T. M. Slawecki

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Abstract

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 [Formula Presented] of the surface “melts” to a metastable two-dimensional liquid of aligned micelles in [Formula Presented] 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.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)R1146-R1149
JournalPhysical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics
Volume60
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 1999

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
  • Statistics and Probability
  • Condensed Matter Physics

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