Issue |
Europhys. Lett.
Volume 55, Number 3, August 2001
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Page(s) | 432 - 438 | |
Section | Interdisciplinary physics and related areas of science and technology | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/epl/i2001-00432-x | |
Published online | 01 December 2003 |
Shear thickening in dilute solutions of wormlike micelles
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of
California Los Angeles, CA 90095-1569, USA
Received:
6
October
2000
Accepted:
25
May
2001
A new mechanism is suggested for shear thickening in dilute solutions of wormlike micelles. According to this mechanism, there is an instability above a critical shear rate, , by which micelles aggregate to form networks of bundles. We examine the first step of this instability by studying the aggregation of two micelles into a paired bundle. The model predicts that is given by the inverse of the time necessary for the two micelles to unbind from each other. The order of magnitude and temperature dependence of the predicted are in good agreement with experimental measurements. In addition, the model provides a natural explanation for the observation of coexistence between the shear-induced structure and a dilute phase at fixed shear stress.
PACS: 83.60.Pq – Time-dependent structure (thixotropy, rheopexy) / 61.25.Hq – Macromolecular and polymer solutions: polymer melts; swelling / 61.20.Qg – Structure of associated liquids: electrolytes, molten salts, etc
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