Electrically tunable viscosity of dilute suspensions of carbon nanotubes

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2007, Pages

  Lin, Chen ^a   Shan, Jerry W ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; ELECTRORHEOLOGICAL FLUIDS; ELECTROSTATIC FORCE; HYDRODYNAMICS; VISCOSITY; VOLUME FRACTION;

ELECTRORHEOLOGICAL RESPONSE; ELECTROSTATIC-POLARIZATION MODEL;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

ASPECT RATIO; ELECTRORHEOLOGICAL FLUIDS; ELECTROSTATIC FORCE; HYDRODYNAMICS; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); VISCOSITY; VOLUME FRACTION;

EID: 38049071027     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2824398     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. M. Parthasarathy and D. J. Klingenberg, "Electrorheology: Mechanisms and models," Mater. Sci. Eng., R. MIGIEA0927-796X10.1016/ 0927-796X(96)00191-X 17, 57 (1996).
2. H. Block and J. P. Kelly, "Electro-rheology," J. Phys. D JPAPBE0022-372710.1088/0022-3727/21/12/001 21, 1661 (1988).
3. R. G. Larson, The Structure and Rheology of Complex Fluids (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1999).
4. W. Wen, X. Huang, S. Yang, K. Lu, and P. Sheng, "The giant electrorheological effect in suspensions of nanoparticles," Nat. Mater. NMAACR1476-112210.1038/nmat993 2, 727 (2003).
5. X. Huang, W. Wen, S. Yang, and P. Sheng, "Mechanisms of the giant electrorheological effect," Solid State Commun. SSCOA40038-109810.1016/j.ssc.2006.04.042 139, 581 (2006).
6. R. C. Kanu and M. T. Shaw, "Enhanced electrorheological fluids using anisotropic particles," J. Rheol. JORHD20148-605510.1122/ 1.550944 42, 657 (1998).
7. Y. Otsubo, "Electrorheology of whisker suspensions," Colloids Surf., A CPEAEH0927-775710.1016/S0927-7757(98)00468-3 153, 459 (1999).
8. K. Tsuda, Y. Takeda, H. Ogura, and Y. Otsubo, "Electrorheological behavior of whisker suspensions under oscillatory shear," Colloids Surf., A CPEAEH0927-7757 299, 262 (2007).
9. J. B. Yin and X. P. Zhao, "Enhanced electrorheological activity of mespporous Cr-dopped TiO2 from activated pore wall and high surface area," J. Phys. Chem. B JPCBFK1089-564710.1021/jp0554588 110, 12916 (2006).
10. K. Bubke, H. Gnewuch, M. Hempstead, J. Hammer, and M. L. H. Green, "Optical anisotropy of dispersed carbon nanotubes induced by an electric field," Appl. Phys. Lett. APPLAB0003-695110.1063/1.119976 71, 1906 (1997).
11. B. Kim, Y. H. Lee, J. H. Ryu, and K. D. Suh, "Enhanced colloidal properties of single-wall carbon nanotubes in α-terpineol and texanol," Colloids Surf., A CPEAEH0927-775710.1016/ j.colsurfa.2005.08.024 273, 161 (2006).
12. M. J. O'Connell, S. M. Bachilo, C. B. Huffman, V. C. Moore, M. S. Strano, E. H. Haroz, K. L. Rialon, P. J. Boul, W. H. Noon, C. Kittrell, J. Ma, R. H. Hauge, R. B. Weisman, and R. E. Smalley, "Band gap fluorescence from individual single-walled carbon nanotubes," Science SCIEAS0036-807510.1126/science.1072631 297, 593 (2002).
13. T. Hao, "Electrorheological suspensions," Adv. Colloid Interface Sci. ACISB90001-868610.1016/S0001-8686(01)00045-8 97, 1 (2002).
14. M. J. Espin, A. V. Delgado, and F. G. Caballero, "Structural explanation of the rheology of a colloidal suspension under high dc electric fields," Phys. Rev. E PLEEE81063-651X10.1103/ PhysRevE.73.041503 73, 041503 (2006).
15. T. B. Jones, Electromechanics of Particles (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1995).
16. M. S. Brown, J. W. Shan, C. Lin, and F. M. Zimmermann, "Electrical polarizability of carbon nanotubes in liquid suspension," Appl. Phys. Lett. APPLAB0003-695110.1063/1.2740186 90, 203108 (2007).
17. L. A. Girifalco, M. Hodak, and R. S. Lee, "Carbon nanotubes, buckyballs, ropes, and a universal graphitic potential," Phys. Rev. B PRBMDO0163-182910.1103/PhysRevB.62.13104 62, 13104 (2000).
18. J. N. Foulc, P. Atten, and N. Felici, "Macroscopic model of interaction between particles in an electrorheological fluid," J. Electrost. JOELDH0304-388610.1016/0304-3886(94)90065-5 33, 103 (1994).
19. L. D. Landau and E. M. Lifshitz, Electrodynamics of Continuous Media (Pergamon, Oxford, 1960).
20. M. Doi and S. F. Edwards, Theory of Polymer Dynamics (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1988).