In this review, we report recent developments on the shear-induced transitions and
instabilities found in surfactant wormlike micelles. The survey focuses on the nonlinear …

Recent experimental techniques used to investigate shear banding are reviewed. After
recalling the rheological signature of shear-banded flows, we summarize the various tools …

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 …

We present the first combined study of spatially resolved structure and shear rheology for a
model shear banding fluid comprised of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide wormlike …

Development of protein-rich food products is currently limited by lack of scientific insights in
structuring processes. The application of well-defined flow appears to be a good tool to …

The rheological behavior of concentrated cationic wormlike micellar surfactant solutions (
cetyltrimethylammonium bromide) near the isotropic–nematic (I–N) transition is studied as a …

We have investigated the uniaxial elongation behavior of six different wormlike micelle
systems covering a broad range of surfactant concentrations cs and salt/surfactant ratios R …

We present a critical assessment of the diffusing wave spectroscopy (DWS) technique for
obtaining the characteristic lengths and for measuring the loss and storage moduli of a …

We present a series of experiments involving an elastic instability that occurs with the flow of
wormlike micellar solutions in a microfluidic cross-slot device. We use four different …

The widespread use of wormlike micellar solutions is commonly found in household items
such as cosmetic products, industrial fluids used in enhanced oil recovery and as drag …