Shear-induced transitions and instabilities in surfactant wormlike micelles

S Lerouge, JF Berret - Polymer Characterization: Rheology, Laser …, 2010 - Springer
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 …

Templating of mesoporous molecular sieves by nonionic polyethylene oxide surfactants

SA Bagshaw, E Prouzet, TJ Pinnavaia - Science, 1995 - science.org
Mesoporous silica molecular sieves have been prepared by the hydrolysis of
tetraethylorthosilicate in the presence of low-cost, nontoxic, and biodegradable polyethylene …

Rheological properties of the L phase and the hexagonal, lamellar, and cubic liquid crystals of the CTAB/benzyl alcohol/water system

G Montalvo, M Valiente, E Rodenas - Langmuir, 1996 - ACS Publications
The rheological properties of different phases of the CTAB/benzyl alcohol/water system have
been studied. The L phase, except the samples close to the hexagonal liquid crystal, is a …

Dissipative particle dynamics study of the water/benzene/caprolactam system in the absence or presence of non-ionic surfactants

K Shi, C Lian, Z Bai, S Zhao, H Liu - Chemical Engineering Science, 2015 - Elsevier
A dissipative particle dynamics (DPD) simulation is performed to study the properties of
water/benzene/caprolactam (W/B/CPL) system in the absence or presence of different non …

Rheological and phase behaviour of amphiphilic lipids

J Muñoz, MC Alfaro - Grasas y aceites, 2000 - grasasyaceites.revistas.csic.es
This chapter reviews the different association structures which are likely to be formed by
amphiphilic lipids in the liquid-crystalline state and their corresponding shear flow …

“Log-Rolling” Alignment in Main-Chain Thermotropic Liquid Crystalline Polymer Melts under Shear:  An In-Situ WAXS Study

A Romo-Uribe, AH Windle - Macromolecules, 1996 - ACS Publications
This paper sets down in detail the observation, first announced as a note (Romo-Uribe, A.;
Windle, AH Macromolecules 1993, 26, 7100), of a strident and reversible orientation …

[HTML][HTML] Anionic surfactant solutions under shear using dissipative particle dynamics

R Hendrikse, A Bayly, P Jimack - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
We present a dissipative particle dynamics study of surfactant solutions under shear, which
allows us to investigate their rheological properties. We consider a variety of concentrations …

Shear-enhanced orientation and concentration fluctuations in wormlike micelles: Effect of salt

IA Kadoma, JW van Egmond - Langmuir, 1997 - ACS Publications
Small angle light scattering (SALS) is used to investigate the effect of excess salt on flow-
induced orientation and concentration fluctuations in a semidilute aqueous solution of …

Rheological characteristics of mesophases of block copolymer solutions

S Qavi, R Foudazi - Rheologica Acta, 2019 - Springer
Self-assembly of block copolymers in the presence of solvents forms ordered mesophase
structures, also known as lyotropic liquid crystals (LLCs). The aim of this work is to …

Shear orientation of a hexagonal lyotropic triblock copolymer phase as probed by flow birefringence and small-angle light and neutron scattering

G Schmidt, W Richtering, P Lindner… - Macromolecules, 1998 - ACS Publications
The shear orientation of the hexagonal liquid crystalline phase of a poloxamer-type triblock
copolymer (poly (ethylene oxide)-b-poly (propylene oxide)-b-poly (ethylene oxide)(Pluronic …