Rheological response and dynamics of the amphiphilic diamond phase from kinetic lattice-Boltzmann simulations

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 465, Issue 2106, 2009, Pages 1977-2002

  Saksena, R S ^a   Coveney, P V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complex fluids and colloidal systems; Liquid crystal rheology; Morphological control; Multi scale methods; Phase transitions; Self assembly

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; DIAMONDS; ELASTICITY; FLUIDS; LIGHT SOURCES; LIQUID CRYSTALS; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; PLASTICITY; RHEOLOGY; SELF ASSEMBLY; SHEAR STRESS; STRAIN RATE; VISCOSITY;

AMPHIPHILIC; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS; COMPLEX FLUIDS AND COLLOIDAL SYSTEMS; COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; COUETTE FLOWS; EXPONENTIAL FORM; INITIAL STRAINS; LATTICE-BOLTZMANN METHOD; LATTICE-BOLTZMANN SIMULATION; LYOTROPIC LIQUID CRYSTAL; MESOPHASE; MORPHOLOGICAL CONTROL; MULTI-SCALE METHODS; NON-NEWTONIAN FLOW CURVES; OSCILLATORY SHEAR; RHEOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SELF-ASSEMBLED; STRESS RESPONSE; TERNARY MIXTURES;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

EID: 67149141586     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: 14712946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2008.0479     Document Type: Article

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