Rheometric and rheo-optical investigation on the effect of the aliphatic chain length of the surfactant on the shear thickening of dilute worm-like micellar solutions

Rheologica Acta

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1121-1129

  Dehmoune, Jalal ^a   Decruppe, Jean Paul ^a   Greffier, Olivier ^a   Xu, Hong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Couette flow; Rheo optic; Rheometry; Shear induced structure; Stationary flow; Strain and stress controlled modes

Indexed keywords

CHAIN LENGTH; MICELLES; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR VISCOSITY; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

EID: 34748911306     PISSN: 00354511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00397-007-0206-7     Document Type: Article

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