Direct visualization of yielding in model two-dimensional colloidal gels subjected to shear flow

Journal of Rheology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1437-1460

  Masschaele, Kasper ^a   Fransaer, Jan ^a   Vermant, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Colloidal gels; Gel structure; Interfacial rheology; Thixotropy; Yielding

Indexed keywords

BREAK-UP; COLLOIDAL GELS; DIRECT VISUALIZATION; FLOCCULATED SUSPENSIONS; GEL STRUCTURES; HETEROGENEOUS STRUCTURES; INITIAL YIELDING; INTERFACIAL RHEOLOGY; INTERFACIAL SHEAR; LENGTH SCALE; LIQUID TRANSITION; LOCAL SCALE; MICRO-STRUCTURAL; MICROSTRUCTURAL HETEROGENEITY; PLANAR MONOLAYERS; RE-AGGREGATION; RHEOLOGICAL BEHAVIORS; RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTY; SURFACE COVERAGES; VIDEO MICROSCOPY;

ELASTICITY; FLOCCULATION; GELS; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; MICROSTRUCTURE; MONOLAYERS; PLASTICITY; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR FLOW; SURFACE STRUCTURE; TWO DIMENSIONAL; VISCOSITY;

SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

EID: 76849093373     PISSN: 01486055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1122/1.3237154     Document Type: Article

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