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Sato S, Kobayashi M. The Relationship between Gelation Behavior and the Amount of Polymer Dose per Silica Surface Area of "Shake-Gels" Consisting of Silica Nanoparticles and Poly(Ethylene Oxide). Molecules 2023; 28:molecules28083555. [PMID: 37110789 PMCID: PMC10142058 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28083555] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2023] [Revised: 04/13/2023] [Accepted: 04/13/2023] [Indexed: 04/29/2023] Open
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The understanding and control of the rheological behaviors of colloids and polymer mixtures is an important issue for scientific interests and industrial applications. Aqueous mixed suspensions of silica nanoparticles and poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) under certain conditions are interesting systems called "shake-gels", whose states vary reversibly between sol-like and gel-like under repeated shaking and being left to stand. Previous studies have indicated that the amount of PEO dose per silica surface area (Cp) is a crucial parameter for the formation of shake-gels and the relaxation time from gel-like to sol-like states. However, the relationship between the gelation dynamics and the Cp values has not been fully investigated. To determine how the gelation dynamics are affected by the Cp, we measured the time taken for silica and PEO mixtures to gelate from the sol-like to gel-like states as a function of the Cp under different shear rates and flow types. Our results show that the gelation time decreased with increasing shear rates and depended on the Cp values. Moreover, the minimum gelation time was found around a certain Cp (=0.03 mg/m2) for the first time. The finding suggests that there is an optimum Cp value at which the bridging of silica nanoparticles using PEO is significant, and thus, the shake-gels and stable gel-like states are most likely to form.
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- Shunsuke Sato
- Graduate School of Science and Technology, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennoudai, Tsukuba 305-8572, Japan
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- Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennoudai, Tsukuba 305-8572, Japan
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Kotsilkova R, Tabakova S. Exploring Effects of Graphene and Carbon Nanotubes on Rheology and Flow Instability for Designing Printable Polymer Nanocomposites. NANOMATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 13:835. [PMID: 36903713 PMCID: PMC10005458 DOI: 10.3390/nano13050835] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2023] [Revised: 02/14/2023] [Accepted: 02/21/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Nowadays, a strong demand exists for printable materials with multifunctionality and proper rheological properties to overcome the limitations to deposit layer-by-layer in additive extrusion. The present study discusses rheological properties related to the microstructure of hybrid poly (lactic) acid (PLA) nanocomposites filled with graphene nanoplatelets (GNP) and multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) to produce multifunctional filament for 3D printing. The alignment and slip effects of 2D-nanoplatelets in the shear-thinning flow are compared with the strong reinforcement effects of entangled 1D-nanotubes, which govern the printability of nanocomposites at high filler contents. The mechanism of reinforcement is related to the network connectivity of nanofillers and interfacial interactions. The measured shear stress by a plate-plate rheometer of PLA, 1.5% and 9% GNP/PLA and MWCNT/PLA shows an instability for high shear rates, which is expressed as shear banding. A rheological complex model consisting of the Herschel-Bulkley model and banding stress is proposed for all considered materials. On this basis, the flow in the nozzle tube of a 3D printer is studied by a simple analytical model. The flow region is separated into three different regions in the tube, which match their boundaries. The present model gives an insight into the flow structure and better explains the reasons for printing enhancement. Experimental and modeling parameters are explored in designing printable hybrid polymer nanocomposites with added functionality.
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- Rumiana Kotsilkova
- Open Laboratory on Experimental Micro and Nano Mechanics, Institute of Mechanics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bontchev, Bl.4, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Institute of Mechanics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bontchev, Bl.4, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria
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Shelukhin V. Flows of Linear Polymer Solutions and Other Suspensions of Rod-like Particles: Anisotropic Micropolar-Fluid Theory Approach. Polymers (Basel) 2021; 13:polym13213679. [PMID: 34771236 PMCID: PMC8588494 DOI: 10.3390/polym13213679] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2021] [Revised: 10/15/2021] [Accepted: 10/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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We formulate equations governing flows of suspensions of rod-like particles. Such suspensions include linear polymer solutions, FD-virus, and worm-like micelles. To take into account the particles that form and their rotation, we treat the suspension as a Cosserat continuum and apply the theory of micropolar fluids. Anisotropy of suspensions is determined through the inclusion of the microinertia tensor in the rheological constitutive equations. We check that the model is consistent with the basic principles of thermodynamics. In addition to anisotropy, the theory also captures gradient banding instability, coexistence of isotropic and nematic phases, sustained temporal oscillations of macroscopic viscosity, shear thinning and hysteresis. For the flow between two planes, we also establish that the total flow rate depends not only on the pressure gradient, but on the history of its variation as well.
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- Vladimir Shelukhin
- Lavrentyev Institute of Hydrodynamics, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia;
- Mathematical Department, Novosibirsk State University, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
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Liberto T, Le Merrer M, Manneville S, Barentin C. Interparticle attraction controls flow heterogeneity in calcite gels. SOFT MATTER 2020; 16:9217-9229. [PMID: 32926058 DOI: 10.1039/d0sm01079k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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We couple rheometry and ultrasonic velocimetry to study experimentally the flow behavior of gels of colloidal calcite particles dispersed in water, while tuning the strength of the interparticle attraction through physico-chemistry. We unveil, for the first time in a colloidal gel, a direct connection between attractive interactions and the occurrence of shear bands, as well as stress fluctuations.
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- Teresa Liberto
- Université de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, Institut Lumière Matière, F-69622, Villeurbanne, France. and Institute of Materials Technology, Building Physics and Construction Ecology, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Vienna University of Technology, Karlsplatz 13, 1040 Vienna, Austria
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- Université de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, Institut Lumière Matière, F-69622, Villeurbanne, France.
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- Univ Lyon, ENS de Lyon, Univ Claude Bernard, CNRS, Laboratoire de Physique, F-69342 Lyon, France
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- Université de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, Institut Lumière Matière, F-69622, Villeurbanne, France. and Institut Universitaire de France, France
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Carenza LN, Gonnella G, Lamura A, Negro G, Tiribocchi A. Lattice Boltzmann methods and active fluids. THE EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL. E, SOFT MATTER 2019; 42:81. [PMID: 31250142 DOI: 10.1140/epje/i2019-11843-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2019] [Accepted: 05/24/2019] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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We review the state of the art of active fluids with particular attention to hydrodynamic continuous models and to the use of Lattice Boltzmann Methods (LBM) in this field. We present the thermodynamics of active fluids, in terms of liquid crystals modelling adapted to describe large-scale organization of active systems, as well as other effective phenomenological models. We discuss how LBM can be implemented to solve the hydrodynamics of active matter, starting from the case of a simple fluid, for which we explicitly recover the continuous equations by means of Chapman-Enskog expansion. Going beyond this simple case, we summarize how LBM can be used to treat complex and active fluids. We then review recent developments concerning some relevant topics in active matter that have been studied by means of LBM: spontaneous flow, self-propelled droplets, active emulsions, rheology, active turbulence, and active colloids.
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- Livio Nicola Carenza
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Bari, and INFN Sezione di Bari, Via Amendola 173, 70126, Bari, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Bari, and INFN Sezione di Bari, Via Amendola 173, 70126, Bari, Italy.
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- Istituto Applicazioni Calcolo, CNR, Via Amendola 122/D, 70126, Bari, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Bari, and INFN Sezione di Bari, Via Amendola 173, 70126, Bari, Italy
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- Center for Life Nano Science@La Sapienza, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, 00161, Roma, Italy
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Salipante PF, Meek SE, Hudson SD. Flow fluctuations in wormlike micelle fluids. SOFT MATTER 2018; 14:9020-9035. [PMID: 30378623 PMCID: PMC6501199 DOI: 10.1039/c8sm01649f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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We investigate the unstable flow of wormlike micelle solutions in pressure driven capillary flow, with a focus on the effect of entrance geometry on the fluid fluctuations. The flow is measured at different points in the capillary using particle image velocimetry while simultaneously measuring the pressure drop across the entire capillary. The fluctuations are characterized by rapid flow rate jumps that correspond with a decrease in the pressure drop followed by a longer recovery period. Velocimetry measurements in the entrance region show a transition to unstable flow above a critical flow rate, where large flow circulations are observed in the tapered geometry and localized jets are observed in an abrupt contraction. The transition to this unstable flow is shown to occur at a similar dimensionless extension rate normalized by the micelle relaxation time. A rapid breakdown in micelle alignment is observed in polarized light microscopy at the onset of the flow rate jump, indicating the importance of rapid micelle structural changes on the fluctuations. We characterize the system by analyzing the power spectral densities and develop a dynamical systems model to describe the relationship between pressure and flow rate. These developments provide understanding to control flow fluctuations and motivation for more detailed study of the coupling of fluid microstructure transitions and flow fluctuations.
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- Paul F Salipante
- Polymers and Complex Fluids Group, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD, USA.
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Jamali S, McKinley GH, Armstrong RC. Microstructural Rearrangements and their Rheological Implications in a Model Thixotropic Elastoviscoplastic Fluid. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2017; 118:048003. [PMID: 28186811 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.118.048003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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We identify the sequence of microstructural changes that characterize the evolution of an attractive particulate gel under flow and discuss their implications on macroscopic rheology. Dissipative particle dynamics is used to monitor shear-driven evolution of a fabric tensor constructed from the ensemble spatial configuration of individual attractive constituents within the gel. By decomposing this tensor into isotropic and nonisotropic components we show that the average coordination number correlates directly with the flow curve of the shear stress versus shear rate, consistent with theoretical predictions for attractive systems. We show that the evolution in nonisotropic local particle rearrangements are primarily responsible for stress overshoots (strain-hardening) at the inception of steady shear flow and also lead, at larger times and longer scales, to microstructural localization phenomena such as shear banding flow-induced structure formation in the vorticity direction.
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- Safa Jamali
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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Casanellas L, Alves MA, Poole RJ, Lerouge S, Lindner A. The stabilizing effect of shear thinning on the onset of purely elastic instabilities in serpentine microflows. SOFT MATTER 2016; 12:6167-75. [PMID: 27265240 PMCID: PMC5043144 DOI: 10.1039/c6sm00326e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2016] [Accepted: 05/16/2016] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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We determine both experimentally and numerically the onset of elastic flow instabilities in viscoelastic polymer solutions with different levels of shear thinning. Previous experiments realized in microfluidic serpentine channels using dilute polymeric solutions showed that the onset of elastic instabilities strongly depends on the channel curvature. The scaling dependence is well captured by the general instability scaling criterion proposed by Pakdel and McKinley [Phys. Rev. Lett., 1996, 76, 2459:1-4]. We determine here the influence of fluid shear thinning on the onset of such purely-elastic flow instabilities. By testing a set of polyethylene oxide solutions of high molecular weight at different polymer concentrations in microfluidic serpentine channels we observe that shear thinning has a stabilizing effect on the microfluidic flow. Three-dimensional numerical simulations performed using the White-Metzner model predict similar trends, which are not captured by a simple scaling analysis using the Pakdel-McKinley criterion.
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- Laura Casanellas
- PMMH, UMR 7636 CNRS - ESPCI Paris - Université Pierre et Marie Curie Université Paris Diderot, 10 rue Vauquelin, F-75231 Paris CEDEX 05, France. and Laboratoire Matière et Systèmes Complexes, CNRS UMR 7057-Université Paris Diderot, 10 rue Alice Domond et Léonie Duquet, 75205 Paris CEDEX 05, France
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- Departamento de Engenharia Química, CEFT, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Rua Dr Roberto Frias, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal
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- School of Engineering, University of Liverpool, Brownlow Hill, Liverpool L69 3GH, UK
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- Laboratoire Matière et Systèmes Complexes, CNRS UMR 7057-Université Paris Diderot, 10 rue Alice Domond et Léonie Duquet, 75205 Paris CEDEX 05, France
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- PMMH, UMR 7636 CNRS - ESPCI Paris - Université Pierre et Marie Curie Université Paris Diderot, 10 rue Vauquelin, F-75231 Paris CEDEX 05, France.
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Dhakal S, Sureshkumar R. Topology, length scales, and energetics of surfactant micelles. J Chem Phys 2015; 143:024905. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4926422] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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- Subas Dhakal
- Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
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- Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
- Department of Physics, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
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Sambasivam A, Sangwai AV, Sureshkumar R. Dynamics and scission of rodlike cationic surfactant micelles in shear flow. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2015; 114:158302. [PMID: 25933344 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.114.158302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Flow-induced configuration dynamics and scission of rodlike micelles are studied for the first time using molecular dynamics simulations in the presence of an explicit solvent and salt. Predicted dependence of tumbling frequency and orientation distribution on shear rate S agrees with mesoscopic theories. However, micelle stretching increases the distance between the cationic head groups and adsorbed counterions, which reduces electrostatic screening and increases the overall energy Φ linearly with micelle length. Micelle scission occurs when Φ exceeds a threshold value, independent of S.
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- Abhinanden Sambasivam
- Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
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- Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
- Department of Physics, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
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Evans RML, Hall CA, Simha RA, Welsh TS. Classical XY model with conserved angular momentum is an archetypal non-Newtonian fluid. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2015; 114:138301. [PMID: 25884140 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.114.138301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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We find that the classical one-dimensional XY model, with angular-momentum-conserving Langevin dynamics, mimics the non-Newtonian flow regimes characteristic of soft matter when subjected to counterrotating boundaries. An elaborate steady-state phase diagram has continuous and first-order transitions between states of uniform flow, shear-banding, solid-fluid coexistence and slip planes. Results of numerical studies and a concise mean-field constitutive relation offer a paradigm for diverse nonequilibrium complex fluids.
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- R M L Evans
- School of Mathematics, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
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- School of Mathematics, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
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- Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600036, India
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
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Gelatinized starch dispersions under small constant shear stress applications: Strain instabilities, chaotic behaviour and fractality. Food Hydrocoll 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodhyd.2014.04.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Giomi L, Bowick MJ, Mishra P, Sknepnek R, Cristina Marchetti M. Defect dynamics in active nematics. PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS. SERIES A, MATHEMATICAL, PHYSICAL, AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES 2014; 372:20130365. [PMID: 25332389 PMCID: PMC4223672 DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2013.0365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Topological defects are distinctive signatures of liquid crystals. They profoundly affect the viscoelastic behaviour of the fluid by constraining the orientational structure in a way that inevitably requires global changes not achievable with any set of local deformations. In active nematic liquid crystals, topological defects not only dictate the global structure of the director, but also act as local sources of motion, behaving as self-propelled particles. In this article, we present a detailed analytical and numerical study of the mechanics of topological defects in active nematic liquid crystals.
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- Luca Giomi
- SISSA, International School for Advanced Studies, Via Bonomea 265, 34136 Trieste, Italy Instituut-Lorentz, Universiteit Leiden, PO Box 9506, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Physics Department and Syracuse Biomaterials Institute, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, USA
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- Physics Department, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, USA
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- School of Engineering, Physics, and Mathematics, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 4HN, UK
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- Physics Department and Syracuse Biomaterials Institute, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, USA
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Majumdar S, Sood AK. Nonlinear viscoelasticity of entangled wormlike micellar fluid under large-amplitude oscillatory shear: role of elastic Taylor-Couette instability. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2014; 89:062314. [PMID: 25019783 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.89.062314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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The role of elastic Taylor-Couette flow instabilities in the dynamic nonlinear viscoelastic response of an entangled wormlike micellar fluid is studied by large-amplitude oscillatory shear (LAOS) rheology and in situ polarized light scattering over a wide range of strain and angular frequency values, both above and below the linear crossover point. Well inside the nonlinear regime, higher harmonic decomposition of the resulting stress signal reveals that the normalized third harmonic I_{3}/I_{1} shows a power-law behavior with strain amplitude. In addition, I_{3}/I_{1} and the elastic component of stress amplitude σ_{0}{E} show a very prominent maximum at the strain value where the number density (n_{v}) of the Taylor vortices is maximum. A subsequent increase in applied strain (γ) results in the distortions of the vortices and a concomitant decrease in n_{v}, accompanied by a sharp drop in I_{3} and σ_{0}{E}. The peak position of the spatial correlation function of the scattered intensity along the vorticity direction also captures the crossover. Lissajous plots indicate an intracycle strain hardening for the values of γ corresponding to the peak of I_{3}, similar to that observed for hard-sphere glasses.
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- Sayantan Majumdar
- Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India and James Franck Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India
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Guo XW, Zou S, Yang X, Yuan XF, Wang M. Interface instabilities and chaotic rheological responses in binary polymer mixtures under shear flow. RSC Adv 2014. [DOI: 10.1039/c4ra08448a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The numerical results of RP–FH model reveal another possible cause of the rheochaos: a vortex structure emerges within the central band.
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- Xiao-Wei Guo
- State Key Laboratory of High Performance Computing
- National University of Defense Technology
- Changsha, China
- School of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science
- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology
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- State Key Laboratory of High Performance Computing
- National University of Defense Technology
- Changsha, China
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- State Key Laboratory of High Performance Computing
- National University of Defense Technology
- Changsha, China
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- State Key Laboratory of High Performance Computing
- National University of Defense Technology
- Changsha, China
- School of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science
- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology
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- State Key Laboratory of High Performance Computing
- National University of Defense Technology
- Changsha, China
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Illa X, Puisto A, Lehtinen A, Mohtaschemi M, Alava MJ. Transient shear banding in time-dependent fluids. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2013; 87:022307. [PMID: 23496516 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.87.022307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2012] [Revised: 01/04/2013] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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We study the dynamics of shear-band formation and evolution using a simple rheological model. The description couples the local structure and viscosity to the applied shear stress. We consider in detail the Couette geometry, where the model is solved iteratively with the Navier-Stokes equation to obtain the time evolution of the local velocity and viscosity fields. It is found that the underlying reason for dynamic effects is the nonhomogeneous shear distribution, which is amplified due to a positive feedback between the flow field and the viscosity response of the shear thinning fluid. This offers a simple explanation for the recent observations of transient shear banding in time-dependent fluids. Extensions to more complicated rheological systems are considered.
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- Xavier Illa
- Departament d'Estructura i Constituents de la Matèria, Facultat de Física, Universitat de Barcelona, Diagonal, 647, E-08028 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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Fardin MA, Lerouge S. Instabilities in wormlike micelle systems. From shear-banding to elastic turbulence. THE EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL. E, SOFT MATTER 2012; 35:91. [PMID: 23001785 DOI: 10.1140/epje/i2012-12091-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2012] [Revised: 08/01/2012] [Accepted: 08/02/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Shear-banding is ubiquitous in complex fluids. It is related to the organization of the flow into macroscopic bands bearing different viscosities and local shear rates and stacked along the velocity gradient direction. This flow-induced transition towards a heterogeneous flow state has been reported in a variety of systems, including wormlike micellar solutions, telechelic polymers, emulsions, clay suspensions, colloidal gels, star polymers, granular materials, or foams. In the past twenty years, shear-banding flows have been probed by various techniques, such as rheometry, velocimetry and flow birefringence. In wormlike micelle solutions, many of the data collected exhibit unexplained spatio-temporal fluctuations. Different candidates have been identified, the main ones being wall slip, interfacial instability between bands or bulk instability of one of the bands. In this review, we present experimental evidence for a purely elastic instability of the high shear rate band as the main origin for fluctuating shear-banding flows.
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- M-A Fardin
- Laboratoire Matière et Systèmes Complexes, CNRS UMR 7057-Université Paris Diderot, Paris, France
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Decruppe JP, Bécu L, Greffier O, Fazel N. Azimuthal instability of the interface in a shear banded flow by direct visual observation. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2010; 105:258301. [PMID: 21231629 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.105.258301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2010] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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The stability of the shear banded flow of a Maxwellian fluid is studied from an experimental point of view using rheology and flow visualization with polarized light. We show that the one-layer homogeneous flow cannot sustain shear rates corresponding to the end of the stress plateau. The high shear rate branch is not found and the shear stress oscillates at the end of the plateau. An azimuthal instability appears: the shear induced band becomes unstable and the interface between the two bands undulates in time and space with a period τ, a wavelength λ and a wave vector k parallel to the direction of the tangential velocity.
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- J P Decruppe
- Laboratoire de Physique des Milieux Denses Université Paul Verlaine Metz 1, Bld D.Arago F-57078 Metz cedex 3, France.
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Kamil SM, Menon GI, Sinha S. A coupled map lattice model for rheological chaos in sheared nematic liquid crystals. CHAOS (WOODBURY, N.Y.) 2010; 20:043123. [PMID: 21198093 DOI: 10.1063/1.3504435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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A variety of complex fluids under shear exhibit complex spatiotemporal behavior, including what is now termed rheological chaos, at moderate values of the shear rate. Such chaos associated with rheological response occurs in regimes where the Reynolds number is very small. It must thus arise as a consequence of the coupling of the flow to internal structural variables describing the local state of the fluid. We propose a coupled map lattice model for such complex spatiotemporal behavior in a passively sheared nematic liquid crystal using local maps constructed so as to accurately describe the spatially homogeneous case. Such local maps are coupled diffusively to nearest and next-nearest neighbors to mimic the effects of spatial gradients in the underlying equations of motion. We investigate the dynamical steady states obtained as parameters in the map and the strength of the spatial coupling are varied, studying local temporal properties at a single site as well as spatiotemporal features of the extended system. Our methods reproduce the full range of spatiotemporal behavior seen in earlier one-dimensional studies based on partial differential equations. We report results for both the one- and two-dimensional cases, showing that spatial coupling favors uniform or periodically time-varying states, as intuitively expected. We demonstrate and characterize regimes of spatiotemporal intermittency out of which chaos develops. Our work indicates that similar simplified lattice models of the dynamics of complex fluids under shear should provide useful ways to access and quantify spatiotemporal complexity in such problems, in addition to representing a fast and numerically tractable alternative to continuum representations.
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- S M Kamil
- The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, C.I.T. Campus, Taramani, Chennai 600013, India.
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Photinos PJ, López-González MR, Hoven CV, Callaghan PT. Conductivity measurements in a shear-banding wormlike micellar system. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2010; 82:011502. [PMID: 20866620 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.82.011502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2010] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Shear banding in the cetylpyridinium chloride/sodium salicylate micellar system is investigated using electrical conductivity measurements parallel to the velocity and parallel to the vorticity in a cylindrical Couette cell. The measurements show that the conductivity parallel to the velocity (vorticity) increases (decreases) monotonically with applied shear rate. The shear-induced anisotropy is over one order of magnitude lower than the anisotropy of the N(c) nematic phase. The steady-state conductivity measurements indicate that the anisotropy of the shear induced low-viscosity (high shear rate) phase is not significantly larger than the anisotropy of the high viscosity (low shear rate) phase. We estimate that the micelles in the shear induced low viscosity band are relatively short, with a characteristic length to diameter ratio of 5-15. The relaxation behavior following the onset of shear is markedly different above and below the first critical value γ1, in agreement with results obtained by other methods. The transient measurements show that the overall anisotropy of the sample decreases as the steady state is approached, i.e., the micellar length/the degree of order decrease.
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- Panos J Photinos
- Department of Physics, Southern Oregon University, Ashland, Oregon 97520, USA
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Lopez-Diaz D, Castillo R. The Wormlike Micellar Solution made of a Zwitterionic Surfactant (TDPS), an Anionic Surfactant (SDS), and Brine in the Semidilute Regime. J Phys Chem B 2010; 114:8917-25. [DOI: 10.1021/jp102108y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- David Lopez-Diaz
- Instituto de Física, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, P.O. Box 20-364, Mexico D. F. 01000
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- Instituto de Física, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, P.O. Box 20-364, Mexico D. F. 01000
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Klapp SHL, Hess S. Shear-stress-controlled dynamics of nematic complex fluids. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2010; 81:051711. [PMID: 20866251 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.81.051711] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2010] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Based on a mesoscopic theory we investigate the nonequilibrium dynamics of a sheared nematic liquid, with the control parameter being the shear stress σ xy (rather than the usual shear rate, γ). To this end we supplement the equations of motion for the orientational order parameters by an equation for γ, which then becomes time dependent. Shearing the system from an isotropic state, the stress-controlled flow properties turn out to be essentially identical to those at fixed γ. Pronounced differences occur when the equilibrium state is nematic. Here, shearing at controlled γ yields several nonequilibrium transitions between different dynamic states, including chaotic regimes. The corresponding stress-controlled system has only one transition from a regular periodic into a stationary (shear-aligned) state. The position of this transition in the σ xy-γ plane turns out to be tunable by the delay time entering our control scheme for σ xy. Moreover, a sudden change in the control method can stabilize the chaotic states appearing at fixed γ.
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- Sabine H L Klapp
- Institut für Theoretische Physik, Sekretariat EW 7-1, Technische Universität Berlin, Hardenbergstrasse 36, D-10623 Berlin, Germany
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Vasudevan M, Buse E, Lu D, Krishna H, Kalyanaraman R, Shen AQ, Khomami B, Sureshkumar R. Irreversible nanogel formation in surfactant solutions by microporous flow. NATURE MATERIALS 2010; 9:436-441. [PMID: 20305641 DOI: 10.1038/nmat2724] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2009] [Accepted: 02/11/2010] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Self-assembly of surfactant molecules into micelles of various shapes and forms has been extensively used to synthesize soft nanomaterials. Translucent solutions containing rod-like surfactant micelles can self-organize under flow to form viscoelastic gels. This flow-induced structure (FIS) formation has excited much fundamental research and pragmatic interest as a cost-effective manufacturing route for active nanomaterials. However, its practical impact has been very limited because all reported FIS transitions are reversible because the gel disintegrates soon after flow stoppage. We present a new microfluidics-assisted robust laminar-flow process, which allows for the generation of extension rates many orders of magnitude greater than is realizable in conventional devices, to produce purely flow-induced permanent nanogels. Cryogenic transmission electron microscopy imaging of the gel reveals a partially aligned micelle network. The critical flow rate for gel formation is consistent with the Turner-Cates fusion mechanism, proposed originally to explain reversible FIS formation in rod-like micelle solutions.
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- Mukund Vasudevan
- Mineral Processing R&D, Cytec Industries Inc., Stamford, Connecticut 06902, USA
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Delgado J, Kriegs H, Castillo R. Flow velocity profiles and shear banding onset in a semidilute wormlike micellar system under Couette flow. J Phys Chem B 2009; 113:15485-94. [PMID: 19874031 DOI: 10.1021/jp9027996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Velocity profiles in Couette flow are measured in a wormlike micellar solution made of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB), sodium salicylate (NaSal), and water, at R (= [NaSal]/[CTAB]) = 2 and at R = 4; [CTAB] = 100 mM. Velocity profiles were obtained by using a two-incident beam laser Doppler technique. Profiles reveal that one of the micellar solutions (R = 2) becomes heterogeneous a long time after flow inception, even at very low imposed shear rates. However, profiles do not correspond to what is expected for gradient shear banding, because the fluid splits in one section close to the moving cylinder where the local mean velocity depends linearly on the gap position and in a second section presenting important velocity fluctuations. Close to the static cylinder, there is a third section where the fluid does not flow; it behaves like a slipping block. On the other hand, at high imposed shear rates, the former slipping block flows and presents a linear profile. Here, velocity profiles are consistent with gradient shear banding. The onset of shear banding was observed. The picture of two stable shear bands separated by a thin steady interface is not always valid. Inhomogeneous flow could be observed, although it cannot be classified as shear banding. In addition, conditions can be found where, as shear rate is increased and before shear banding appears, instead of a thin interface, a fluctuating intermediate band can be observed. On the contrary, for the R = 4 solution, the flow never becomes heterogeneous even at high shear rates. Flow curves were measured in a Couette cell under shear rate control in two cases, when stress is sensed with the moving cylinder and when it is sensed with the static cylinder of the cell. Differences between the flow curves can be explained by using the velocity profiles for both solutions.
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- Jorge Delgado
- Instituto de Física, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, P.O. Box 20-264, Mexico, DF, 01000
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Dubbeldam JLA, Olmsted PD. Two-dimensional perturbations in a scalar model for shear banding. THE EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL. E, SOFT MATTER 2009; 29:363-378. [PMID: 19644716 DOI: 10.1140/epje/i2009-10501-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2009] [Revised: 05/08/2009] [Accepted: 06/17/2009] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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We present an analytical study of a toy model for shear banding, without normal stresses, which uses a piecewise linear approximation to the flow curve (shear stress as a function of shear rate). This model exhibits multiple stationary states, one of which is linearly stable against general two-dimensional perturbations. This is in contrast to analogous results for the Johnson-Segalman model, which includes normal stresses, and which has been reported to be linearly unstable for general two-dimensional perturbations. This strongly suggests that the linear instabilities found in the Johnson-Segalman can be attributed to normal stress effects.
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- J L A Dubbeldam
- Delft University of Technology, Mekelweg 4, 2628 CD Delft, The Netherlands.
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Lerouge S, Berret JF. Shear-Induced Transitions and Instabilities in Surfactant Wormlike Micelles. POLYMER CHARACTERIZATION 2009. [DOI: 10.1007/12_2009_13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Cates ME, Fielding SM, Marenduzzo D, Orlandini E, Yeomans JM. Shearing active gels close to the isotropic-nematic transition. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2008; 101:068102. [PMID: 18764508 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.101.068102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2008] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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We study numerically the rheological properties of a slab of active gel close to the isotropic-nematic transition. The flow behavior shows a strong dependence on the sample size, boundary conditions, and on the bulk constitutive curve, which, on entering the nematic phase, acquires an activity-induced discontinuity at the origin. The precursor of this within the metastable isotropic phase for contractile systems (e.g., actomyosin gels) gives a viscosity divergence; its counterpart for extensile suspensions admits instead a shear-banded flow with zero apparent viscosity.
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- M E Cates
- SUPA, School of Physics, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JZ, United Kingdom
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Ganapathy R, Majumdar S, Sood AK. Spatiotemporal nematodynamics in wormlike micelles en route to rheochaos. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2008; 78:021504. [PMID: 18850838 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.78.021504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2007] [Revised: 07/25/2008] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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We show through polarized light scattering experiments the spatially inhomogeneous orientational dynamics for shear-thinning wormlike micellar gels (cetyltrimethylammonium tosylate+sodium chloride+H2O ) en route to rheochaos. For shear rates in the plateau of the flow curve, we see alternating bright and dark birefringent stripes stacked along the vorticity. The orientational order in adjacent bands is predominantly oriented at +45 degrees and -45 degrees to the flow (v) in the (v,nablav) plane, respectively. We have made an attempt to correlate the observed orientational ordering in terms of the two-dimensional Taylor-like velocity rolls in a gradient banding fluid. The bands show spatial motion along the vorticity, and the orientation dynamics of the interface delineating adjacent bands completely correlates with the temporal dynamics of the stress. Furthermore, the observed spatial dynamics of the interfaces of the rolls depends crucially on the gap width of the Couette cell.
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- Rajesh Ganapathy
- Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India
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Kamil SM, Sinha S, Menon GI. Regular and chaotic states in a local map description of sheared nematic liquid crystals. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2008; 78:011706. [PMID: 18763972 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.78.011706] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2008] [Revised: 04/10/2008] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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We propose and study a local map capable of describing the full variety of dynamical states, ranging from regular to chaotic, obtained when a nematic liquid crystal is subjected to a steady shear flow. The map is formulated in terms of a quaternion parametrization of rotations of the local frame described by the axes of the nematic director, subdirector, and the joint normal to these, with two additional scalars describing the strength of ordering. Our model yields kayaking, wagging, tumbling, aligned, and coexistence states, accommodated in a phase diagram which closely resembles phase diagrams obtained using representations of the dynamics which are based on ordinary differential equations. We also study the behavior of the map under periodic perturbations of the shear rate. Such a map can serve as a building block for the construction of lattice models of the complex spatiotemporal states predicted for sheared nematics.
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- S M Kamil
- The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, CIT Campus, Taramani, Chennai, India.
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Herle V, Manneville S, Fischer P. Ultrasound velocimetry in a shear-thickening wormlike micellar solution: evidence for the coexistence of radial and vorticity shear bands. THE EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL. E, SOFT MATTER 2008; 26:3-12. [PMID: 18415043 DOI: 10.1140/epje/i2007-10304-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2007] [Accepted: 02/22/2008] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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We carried out pointwise local velocity measurements on 40 mM cetylpyridinium chloride-sodium salicylate (CPyCl-NaSal) wormlike micellar solution using high-frequency ultrasound velocimetry in a Couette shear cell. The studied wormlike solution exhibits Newtonian, shear-thinning and shear-thickening rheological behavior in a stress-controlled environment. Previous rheology, flow visualization and small-angle light/neutron scattering experiments in the shear-thickening regime of this system showed the presence of stress-driven alternating transparent and turbid rings or vorticity bands along the axis of the Couette geometry. Through local velocity measurements we observe a homogeneous flow inside the 1mm gap of the Couette cell in the shear-thinning (stress-plateau) region. Only when the solution is sheared beyond the critical shear stress (shear-thickening regime) in a stress-controlled experiment, we observe inhomogeneous flow characterized by radial or velocity gradient shear bands with a highly sheared band near the rotor and a weakly sheared band near the stator of the Couette geometry. Furthermore, fast measurements performed in the shear-thickening regime to capture the temporal evolution of local velocities indicate coexistence of both radial and vorticity shear bands. However the same measurements carried out in shear rate controlled mode of the rheometer do not show such rheological complexity.
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- V Herle
- Institute of Food Science and Nutrition, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
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Hilliou L, Vlassopoulos D, Pispas S, Hadjichristidis N. A Rheo-optical Study of Stress−Fluctuations Coupling in a Disordered and Entangled Diblock Copolymer Solution. Macromolecules 2008. [DOI: 10.1021/ma702566n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Loic Hilliou
- REQUIMTE, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, s/n, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal; FORTH-Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser, P.O. Box 1527, 71110 Heraklion, Crete, Greece; Department of Materials Science and Technology, University of Crete, P.O. Box 2208, 710 03 Heraklion, Crete, Greece; Theoretical and Physical Chemistry Institute, National Hellenic Research Foundation, 48 Vass. Constantinou Ave., 11635 Athens, Greece; and Department of Chemistry, University of Athens,
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- REQUIMTE, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, s/n, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal; FORTH-Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser, P.O. Box 1527, 71110 Heraklion, Crete, Greece; Department of Materials Science and Technology, University of Crete, P.O. Box 2208, 710 03 Heraklion, Crete, Greece; Theoretical and Physical Chemistry Institute, National Hellenic Research Foundation, 48 Vass. Constantinou Ave., 11635 Athens, Greece; and Department of Chemistry, University of Athens,
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- REQUIMTE, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, s/n, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal; FORTH-Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser, P.O. Box 1527, 71110 Heraklion, Crete, Greece; Department of Materials Science and Technology, University of Crete, P.O. Box 2208, 710 03 Heraklion, Crete, Greece; Theoretical and Physical Chemistry Institute, National Hellenic Research Foundation, 48 Vass. Constantinou Ave., 11635 Athens, Greece; and Department of Chemistry, University of Athens,
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- REQUIMTE, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, s/n, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal; FORTH-Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser, P.O. Box 1527, 71110 Heraklion, Crete, Greece; Department of Materials Science and Technology, University of Crete, P.O. Box 2208, 710 03 Heraklion, Crete, Greece; Theoretical and Physical Chemistry Institute, National Hellenic Research Foundation, 48 Vass. Constantinou Ave., 11635 Athens, Greece; and Department of Chemistry, University of Athens,
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Ravindranath S, Wang SQ, Olechnowicz M, Quirk RP. Banding in Simple Steady Shear of Entangled Polymer Solutions. Macromolecules 2008. [DOI: 10.1021/ma7027352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Sham Ravindranath
- Department of Polymer Science and Maurice Morton, Institute of Polymer Science, University of Akron, Akron, Ohio 44325-3909
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- Department of Polymer Science and Maurice Morton, Institute of Polymer Science, University of Akron, Akron, Ohio 44325-3909
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- Department of Polymer Science and Maurice Morton, Institute of Polymer Science, University of Akron, Akron, Ohio 44325-3909
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- Department of Polymer Science and Maurice Morton, Institute of Polymer Science, University of Akron, Akron, Ohio 44325-3909
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Ianni F, Di Leonardo R, Gentilini S, Ruocco G. Shear-banding phenomena and dynamical behavior in a Laponite suspension. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2008; 77:031406. [PMID: 18517380 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.77.031406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2007] [Revised: 12/19/2007] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Shear localization in an aqueous clay suspension of Laponite is investigated through dynamic light scattering, which provides access both to the dynamics of the system (homodyne mode) and to the local velocity profile (heterodyne mode). When shear bands form, a relaxation of the dynamics typical of a gel phase is observed in both bands soon after the flow stops. Periodic oscillations of the flow behavior, typical of a stick-slip phenomenon, are also observed when shear localization occurs. Both results are discussed in the light of various theoretical models for soft glassy gels.
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- F Ianni
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma La Sapienza, I-00185, Roma Italy
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Douglass BS, Colby RH, Madsen LA, Callaghan PT. Rheo-NMR of Wormlike Micelles Formed from Nonionic Pluronic Surfactants. Macromolecules 2008. [DOI: 10.1021/ma071807f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Goddard C, Hess O, Balanov AG, Hess S. Shear-induced chaos in nonlinear Maxwell-model fluids. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2008; 77:026311. [PMID: 18352126 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.77.026311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2007] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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A generalized model for the behavior of the stress tensor in non-Newtonian fluids is investigated for spatially homogeneous plane Couette flow, showing a variety of nonlinear responses and deterministic chaos. Mapping of chaotic solutions is achieved through the largest Lyapunov exponent for the two main parameters: The shear rate and the temperature and/or density. Bifurcation diagrams and stability analysis are used to reveal some of the rich dynamics that can be found. Suggested mechanisms for stability loss in these complex fluids include Hopf, saddle-node, and period-doubling bifurcations.
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- Chris Goddard
- Advanced Technology Institute, School of Electronics and Physical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 7XH, United Kingdom.
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Herle V, Kohlbrecher J, Pfister B, Fischer P, Windhab EJ. Alternating vorticity bands in a solution of wormlike micelles. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2007; 99:158302. [PMID: 17995220 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.99.158302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2006] [Revised: 02/21/2007] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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We report on structural characterization of vorticity bands formed in a wormlike micellar solution by Rheo--small-angle neutron scattering and video imaging experiments. Below a critical shear stress tau{c} in Newtonian and shear-thinning regime, only a minor flow alignment of the micelles is observed. Above tau{c}, in the shear-thickening regime, alternating transparent and turbid bands are formed. Triggered small-angle neutron scattering shows different anisotropic patterns in both bands indicating strongly aligned structures. By high-speed video imaging, we show that such an alignment of micelles does not correspond to a phase of lower viscosity.
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- Vishweshwara Herle
- Institute of Food Science and Nutrition, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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Many complex fluids undergo a flow induced transition to a state of coexisting bands of differing viscosities and internal structuring. This effect, which is called "shear banding", is widely observed in wormlike micellar surfactants, onion surfactants, colloidal suspensions and polymer solutions. According to a rapidly accumulating body of experimental evidence, shear bands often exhibit complex dynamics, which can be either oscillatory or chaotic in nature. This can be seen in the unsteady response of the bulk rheological signals, and in the motion of the interface between the bands. After giving a brief overview of this experimental evidence, we review in some detail recent efforts to address it theoretically.
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- Suzanne M Fielding
- School of Mathematics and Manchester Centre for Nonlinear Dynamics, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, UKM13 9PL.
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Bécu L, Anache D, Manneville S, Colin A. Evidence for three-dimensional unstable flows in shear-banding wormlike micelles. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2007; 76:011503. [PMID: 17677446 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.76.011503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2006] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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We report on an experimental study of the shear-banding phenomenon in the concentrated wormlike micellar system CTAB at 20wt.% in D2O . Time-resolved velocity profiles are recorded using ultrasonic velocimetry simultaneously to global rheological data. Our results confirm the studies performed previously by Fischer and Callaghan [Phys. Rev. E 64, 011501 (2001)]. Time averaged velocity profiles display an unsheared "nematic gel." In the range of applied shear rate, the flow field exhibits very fast temporal fluctuations. Suspicions for the presence of three-dimensional flow are evidenced and possible causes for a three-dimensional instability are discussed together with the coupling of wall slip to bulk dynamic.
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- Lydiane Bécu
- Centre de Recherche Paul Pascal, Avenue Schweitzer, 33600 Pessac, France.
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Manneville S, Colin A, Waton G, Schosseler F. Wall slip, shear banding, and instability in the flow of a triblock copolymer micellar solution. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2007; 75:061502. [PMID: 17677264 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.75.061502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2007] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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The shear flow of a triblock copolymer micellar solution (PEO-PPO-PEO Pluronic P84 in brine) is investigated using simultaneous rheological and velocity profile measurements in the concentric cylinder geometry. We focus on two different temperatures below and above the transition temperature T{c} which was previously associated with the apparition of a stress plateau in the flow curve. (i) At T=37.0 degrees C<T{c}, the bulk flow remains homogeneous and Newtonian-like, although significant wall slip is measured at the rotor that can be linked to an inflexion point in the flow curve. (ii) At T=39.4 degrees C>T{c}, the stress plateau is shown to correspond to stationary shear-banded states characterized by two high shear rate bands close to the walls and a very weakly sheared central band, together with large slip velocities at the rotor. In both cases, the high shear branch of the flow curve is characterized by flow instability. Interpretations of wall slip, three-band structure, and instability are proposed in light of recent theoretical models and experiments.
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- Sébastien Manneville
- Centre de Recherche Paul Pascal, UPR8641, 115 avenue Schweitzer, 33600 Pessac, France.
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Marenduzzo D, Orlandini E, Yeomans JM. Hydrodynamics and rheology of active liquid crystals: a numerical investigation. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2007; 98:118102. [PMID: 17501095 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.98.118102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2006] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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We report numerical studies of the hydrodynamics and rheology of an active liquid crystal. We confirm the existence of a transition between a passive and an active phase, with spontaneous flow in steady state. We explore how the velocity profile changes with activity, and we point out the difference in behavior for flow-aligning and tumbling materials. We find that an active material can thicken or thin under a flow, or even exhibit both behaviors as the forcing changes.
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- D Marenduzzo
- SUPA, School of Physics, University of Edinburgh, Mayfield Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JZ, United Kingdom
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Ganapathy R, Rangarajan G, Sood AK. Granger causality and cross recurrence plots in rheochaos. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2007; 75:016211. [PMID: 17358239 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.75.016211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2006] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Our stress relaxation measurements on wormlike micelles using a Rheo-SALS (rheology + small angle light scattering) apparatus allow simultaneous measurements of the stress and the scattered depolarized intensity. The latter is sensitive to orientational ordering of the micelles. To determine the presence of causal influences between the stress and the depolarized intensity time series, we have used the technique of linear and nonlinear Granger causality. We find there exists a feedback mechanism between the two time series and that the orientational order has a stronger causal effect on the stress than vice versa. We have also studied the phase space dynamics of the stress and the depolarized intensity time series using the recently developed technique of cross recurrence plots (CRPs). The presence of diagonal line structures in the CRPs unambiguously proves that the two time series share similar phase space dynamics.
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- Rajesh Ganapathy
- Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India
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Ganapathy R, Sood AK. Tuning rheochaos by temperature in wormlike micelles. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2006; 22:11016-21. [PMID: 17154579 DOI: 10.1021/la0622020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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We investigate the critical role played by the mean micellar length during the route to rheochaos for wormlike micellar gels of surfactant cetyltrimethylammonium tosylate in the presence of salt sodium chloride that show coupling of flow to concentration fluctuations. To this end, we have carried out stress/shear rate relaxation experiments at a fixed shear rate/stress but at different temperatures to take the sample through the route to rheochaos. We see the type-II intermittency route to rheochaos in stress relaxation measurements and the type-III intermittency route to rheochaos in shear rate relaxation measurements. We have also carried out linear rheology measurements at different temperatures to estimate the mean micellar length (-)L, the reptation time tau(rep), and the breaking time tau(break). It is shown that (-)L changes by approximately 58%, as the sample goes through the route to rheochaos.
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- Rajesh Ganapathy
- Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India
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Jabeen Z, Gupte N. Spatiotemporal intermittency and scaling laws in the coupled sine circle map lattice. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2006; 74:016210. [PMID: 16907180 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.74.016210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2006] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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We study spatiotemporal intermittency (STI) in a system of coupled sine circle maps. The phase diagram of the system shows parameter regimes with STI of both the directed percolation (DP) and non-DP class. STI with synchronized laminar behavior belongs to the DP class. The regimes of non-DP behavior show spatial intermittency (SI), where the temporal behavior of both the laminar and burst regions is regular, and the distribution of laminar lengths scales as a power law. The regular temporal behavior for the bursts seen in these regimes of spatial intermittency can be periodic or quasiperiodic, but the laminar length distributions scale with the same power law, which is distinct from the DP case. STI with traveling wave laminar states also appears in the phase diagram. Solitonlike structures appear in this regime. These are responsible for crossovers with accompanying nonuniversal exponents. The soliton lifetime distributions show power-law scaling in regimes of long average soliton lifetimes, but peak at characteristic scales with a power-law tail in regimes of short average soliton lifetimes. The signatures of each type of intermittent behavior can be found in the dynamical characterizers of the system viz. the eigenvalues of the stability matrix. We discuss the implications of our results for behavior seen in other systems which exhibit spatiotemporal intermittency.
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- Zahera Jabeen
- Indian Institute of Technology-Madras, Chennai, India.
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Heidenreich S, Ilg P, Hess S. Robustness of the periodic and chaotic orientational behavior of tumbling nematic liquid crystals. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2006; 73:061710. [PMID: 16906852 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.73.061710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2006] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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The dynamical behavior of molecular alignment strongly affects physical properties of nematic liquid crystals. A theoretical description can be made by a nonlinear relaxation equation of the order parameter and leads to the prediction that rather complex even chaotic orientational behavior occur. Here the influence of fluctuating shear rates on the orientational dynamics especially on chaotic solutions is discussed. With the help of phase portraits and time evolution diagrams, we investigated the influence of different fluctuation strengths on the flow aligned, isotropic, and periodic solutions. To explore the effect of fluctuations on the chaotic behavior, we calculated the largest Lyapunov exponent for different fluctuation strengths. We found in all cases that small fluctuations of the shear rate do not affect the basic features of the dynamics of tumbling nematics. Furthermore, we present an amended potential modeling the isotropic to nematic transition and discuss the equivalence and difference to the commonly used Landau-de Gennes potential. In contrast to the Landau-de Gennes potential, our potential has the advantage to restrict the order parameter to physically admissible values. In the case of extensional flow, we show that the amended potential leads for increasing extensional rate to a better agreement with experimental results.
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- Sebastian Heidenreich
- Institute for Theoretical Physics, Technical University Berlin, Hardenbergstrasse 36, D-10623, Germany.
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Decruppe JP, Greffier O, Manneville S, Lerouge S. Local velocity measurements in heterogeneous and time-dependent flows of a micellar solution. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2006; 73:061509. [PMID: 16906838 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.73.061509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2006] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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We present and discuss the results of pointwise velocity measurements performed on a viscoelastic micellar solution made of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide and sodium salicylate in water, respectively, at the concentrations of 50 and 100 mmol. The sample is contained in a Couette device and subjected to flow in the strain controlled mode. This particular solution shows shear banding and, in a narrow range of shear rates at the right end of the stress plateau, apparent shear thickening occurs. Time-dependent recordings of the shear stress in this range reveal that the flow has become unstable and that large sustained oscillations of the shear stress and of the first normal stresses difference emerge and grow in the flow. Local pointwise velocity measurements clearly reveal a velocity profile typical of shear banding when the imposed shear rate belongs to the plateau, but also important wall slip in the entire range of velocity gradients investigated. In the oscillations regime, the velocity is recorded as a function of time at a fixed point close to the rotor of the Couette device. The time-dependent velocity profile reveals random fluctuations but, from time to time, sharp decreases much larger than the standard deviation are observed. An attempt is made to correlate these strong variations with the stress oscillations and a correlation coefficient r is computed. However, the small value found for the coefficient r does not allow us to draw a final conclusion as concerns the correlation between stress oscillations and velocity fast decreases.
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- J P Decruppe
- Laboratoire de Physique des Milieux Denses, 1 Bd. D. F. Arago, IPEC CP87811, 57078 Metz Cedex 3, France.
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Pimenta P, Pashkovski EE. Rheology of viscoelastic mixed surfactant solutions: effect of scission on nonlinear flow and rheochaos. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2006; 22:3980-7. [PMID: 16618136 DOI: 10.1021/la0519453] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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The linear and nonlinear rheology of viscoelastic mixed anionic-zwitterionic surfactant solutions has been systematically investigated. In the linear viscoelastic regime, these systems display nearly Maxwellian behavior with a unique relaxation time, tau0, and a characteristic elastic plateau modulus, G0. Linear rheological data were used to calculate the repitation and breaking times of the micelles, tau(rep) and tau(b), respectively. Surprisingly, the elastic modulus G0 significantly increases with salt concentration c(s), whereas tau(b) decreases by 1 order of magnitude. The strong effect of c(s) on the material parameters and microstructure of rodlike micelles allowed for the systematic investigation of the effect of these parameters on nonlinear flow. For samples with relatively long tau(b), the quasi-static flow diagram (stress vs shear rate) shows a stress peak followed by a metastable branch (a region of decreasing shear stress), whereas for samples with relatively short tau(b), this phenomenon is not observed. Transient flow responses corroborate quasi-static flow findings and further reveal the significance of microscopic dynamic parameters on flow behavior. Shear stress time series were recorded at constant shear rates, and above a critical shear rate, gamma(c2), stress fluctuations are observed. The amplitude of these stress fluctuations, Delta sigma, was found to scale as Delta sigma approximately equal to G0(tau(b)| gamma - gamma(c2)|)beta with beta approximately 0.5. This scaling is observed for micellar systems with tau(b) ranging from 0.12 to 0.01 s and G0 ranging from 1 x 10(3) to 7 x 10(3) dyn/cm2.
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- Paloma Pimenta
- Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Rutgers University, 98 Brett Road, Piscataway New Jersey 08854, USA
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Marín-Santibañez BM, Pérez-Gonzalez J, de Vargas L, Rodríguez-Gonzalez F, Huelsz G. Rheometry-PIV of shear-thickening wormlike micelles. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2006; 22:4015-26. [PMID: 16618140 DOI: 10.1021/la053167k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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The shear-thickening behavior of an equimolar semidilute aqueous solution of 40 mM/L cetylpyridinium chloride and sodium salicylate was studied in this work by using a combined method of rheometry and particle image velocimetry (PIV). Experiments were conducted at 27.5 degrees C with Couette, vane-bob, and capillary rheometers in order to explore a wide shear stress range as well as the effect of boundary conditions and time of flow on the creation and destruction of shear-induced structures (SIS). The use of the combined method of capillary rheometry with PIV allowed the detection of fast spatial and temporal variations in the flow kinematics, which are related to the shear-thickening behavior and the dynamics of the SIS but are not distinguished by pure rheometrical measurements. A rich-in-details flow curve was found for this solution, which includes five different regimes. Namely, at very low shear rates a Newtonian behavior was found, followed by a shear thinning one in the second regime. In the third, shear banding was observed, which served as a precursor of the SIS and shear-thickening. The fourth and fifth regimes in the flow curve were separated by a spurtlike behavior, and they clearly evidenced the existence of shear-thickening accompanied by stick-slip oscillations at the wall of the rheometer, which subsequently produced variations in the shear rate under shear stress controlled flow. Such a stick-slip phenomenon prevailed up to the highest shear stresses used in this work and was reflected in asymmetric velocity profiles with spatial and temporal variations linked to the dynamics of creation and breakage of the SIS. The presence of apparent slip at the wall of the rheometer provides an energy release mechanism which leads to breakage of the SIS, followed by their further reformation during the stick part of the cycles. In addition, PIV measurements allowed the detection of apparent slip at the wall, as well as mechanical failures in the bulk of the fluid, which suggests an extra contribution of the shear stress field to the SIS dynamics. Increasing the residence time of the fluid in the flow system enhanced the shear-thickening behavior. Finally, the flow kinematics is described in detail and the true flow curve is obtained, which only partially fits into the scheme of existing theoretical models for shear-thickening solutions.
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- Benjamín M Marín-Santibañez
- Laboratorio de Reología, Escuela Superior de Física y Matematicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Apdo. Postal 118-209, C. P. 07051, México D. F. México
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Aradian A, Cates ME. Minimal model for chaotic shear banding in shear thickening fluids. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2006; 73:041508. [PMID: 16711810 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.73.041508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2005] [Revised: 02/13/2006] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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We present a minimal model for spatiotemporal oscillation and rheochaos in shear thickening complex fluids at zero Reynolds number. In the model, a tendency towards inhomogeneous flows in the form of shear bands combines with a slow structural dynamics, modeled by delayed stress relaxation. Using Fourier-space numerics, we study the nonequilibrium "phase diagram" of the fluid as a function of a steady mean (spatially averaged) stress, and of the relaxation time for structural relaxation. We find several distinct regions of periodic behavior (oscillating bands, traveling bands, and more complex oscillations) and also regions of spatiotemporal rheochaos. A low-dimensional truncation of the model retains the important physical features of the full model (including rheochaos) despite the suppression of sharply defined interfaces between shear bands. Our model maps onto the FitzHugh-Nagumo model for neural network dynamics, with an unusual form of long-range coupling.
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- A Aradian
- SUPA, School of Physics, University of Edinburgh, JCMB Kings Buildings, Edinburgh EH9 3JZ, United Kingdom.
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Ganapathy R, Sood AK. Intermittency route to rheochaos in wormlike micelles with flow-concentration coupling. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2006; 96:108301. [PMID: 16605795 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.96.108301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2005] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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We show experimentally that the route to chaos is via intermittency in a shear-thinning wormlike micellar system of cetyltrimethylammonium tosylate, where the strength of flow-concentration coupling is tuned by the addition of salt sodium chloride. A Poincaré first return map of the time series and the probability distribution of laminar lengths between burst events shows that our data is consistent with type-II intermittency. The coupling of flow to concentration fluctuations is evidenced by the "butterfly" intensity pattern in small angle light scattering (SALS) measurements performed simultaneously with the rheological measurements. The scattered depolarized intensity in SALS, sensitive to orientational order fluctuations, shows the same time dependence (like intermittency) as that of shear stress.
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- Rajesh Ganapathy
- Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India
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Fielding SM, Olmsted PD. Nonlinear dynamics of an interface between shear bands. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2006; 96:104502. [PMID: 16605740 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.96.104502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2005] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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We study numerically the nonlinear dynamics of a shear banding interface in two-dimensional planar shear flow, within the nonlocal Johnson-Segalman model. Consistent with a recent linear stability analysis, we find that an initially flat interface is unstable with respect to small undulations for a sufficiently small ratio of the interfacial width l to cell length L(x). The instability saturates in finite amplitude interfacial fluctuations. For decreasing l/L(x) these undergo a nonequilibrium transition from simple traveling interfacial waves with constant average wall stress, to periodically rippling waves with a periodic stress response. When multiple shear bands are present we find erratic interfacial dynamics and a stress response suggesting low dimensional chaos.
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- S M Fielding
- School of Mathematics, University of Manchester, Booth Street East, Manchester M13 9EP, United Kingdom
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