Rheology of worm-like micelles composed of tri-block copolymer in the limit of slow dynamics

Journal of Rheology

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1087-1100

  Denkova, A G ^a   Mendes, E ^a   Coppens, M O ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Kinetics; Micelles; Pluronic; Tri blocks; Worm like

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; ETHANOL CONCENTRATIONS; ETHYLENE OXIDES; HIGHER FREQUENCIES; LOW FREQUENCY; MAXWELL FLUID; NONEQUILIBRIUM STRUCTURES; PLURONIC; PROPYLENE OXIDE; RELAXATION MODES; RHEOLOGICAL BEHAVIORS; SLOW DYNAMICS; SURFACTANT CONCENTRATIONS; TRI-BLOCKS; TRIBLOCK COPOLYMERS; WORM-LIKE; WORM-LIKE MICELLES;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); COPOLYMERIZATION; ETHANOL; ETHYLENE; PROPYLENE; RHEOLOGY; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; VISCOSITY;

MICELLES;

EID: 70249110388     PISSN: 01486055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1122/1.3190170     Document Type: Article

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