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Relaxation of shear-aligned wormlike micelles

Angelico, R ; Olsson, Ulf LU ; Mortensen, K ; Ambrosone, L ; Palazzo, G and Ceglie, A (2002) In The Journal of Physical Chemistry Part B 106(10). p.2426-2428
Abstract
We report on the first time-resolved small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) study of the structural relaxation from a shear-induced aligned state back to the isotropic state in a system of giant wormlike reverse micelles. The micelles are formed by lecithin and small amounts of water in cyclohexane. A liquid sample with the micellar volume fraction phi = 0.3 was exposed to a steady shear of (gamma) over dot = 10 s(-1) in a Couette shear cell. This was sufficient to transform the whole sample into an aligned state with the polymer-like micelles preferentially oriented parallel to the velocity direction. After cessation of shear, the sample relaxes back to the equilibrium liquid phase. By time-resolved SANS we could follow the relaxation... (More)
We report on the first time-resolved small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) study of the structural relaxation from a shear-induced aligned state back to the isotropic state in a system of giant wormlike reverse micelles. The micelles are formed by lecithin and small amounts of water in cyclohexane. A liquid sample with the micellar volume fraction phi = 0.3 was exposed to a steady shear of (gamma) over dot = 10 s(-1) in a Couette shear cell. This was sufficient to transform the whole sample into an aligned state with the polymer-like micelles preferentially oriented parallel to the velocity direction. After cessation of shear, the sample relaxes back to the equilibrium liquid phase. By time-resolved SANS we could follow the relaxation process, which is characterized by a continuous decrease of the order parameter. (Less)
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The Journal of Physical Chemistry Part B
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1520-5207
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10.1021/jp013934y
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  author       = {{Angelico, R and Olsson, Ulf and Mortensen, K and Ambrosone, L and Palazzo, G and Ceglie, A}},
  issn         = {{1520-5207}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{10}},
  pages        = {{2426--2428}},
  publisher    = {{The American Chemical Society (ACS)}},
  series       = {{The Journal of Physical Chemistry Part B}},
  title        = {{Relaxation of shear-aligned wormlike micelles}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp013934y}},
  doi          = {{10.1021/jp013934y}},
  volume       = {{106}},
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