Shear-induced reversible gelation of nanoparticle suspensions flocculated by poly(ethylene oxide)

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 384, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 40-46

  Saito, Yu ^a   Hirose, Yuji ^a   Otsubo, Yasufumi ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bridging flocculation; Reversible gelation; Shear thickening flow; Silica nanoparticle; Suspension

Indexed keywords

COAGULATION; ELASTICITY; ETHYLENE; FLOCCULATION; GELATION; NANOPARTICLES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; SHEAR FLOW; SILICA; SUSPENSIONS (COMPONENTS); VISCOELASTICITY; VISCOSITY;

BRIDGING FLOCCULATION; CRITICAL VALUE; DYNAMIC VISCOELASTICITY; HIGH SHEAR; LOW VISCOSITY; NANOPARTICLE SUSPENSION; OPTICAL CLEARING; POLYMER BRIDGING; POLYMER CONCENTRATIONS; QUIESCENT STATE; RECOVERING PROCESS; REVERSIBLE GELATION; SHEAR THICKENING; SHEAR-THICKENING BEHAVIOR; SILICA NANOPARTICLE; SILICA NANOPARTICLES; STEADY SHEAR VISCOSITY; STRUCTURAL CHANGE; TIME-SCALES; TRANSIENT NETWORK;

SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

MACROGOL; NANOPARTICLE; POLYMER; SILICON DIOXIDE;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; DISPERSION; DYNAMIC VISCOELASTICITY; FLOCCULATION; FLOW KINETICS; GELATION; LIGHT SCATTERING; MECHANICAL RELAXATION; MECHANICS; OPTICAL CLEARING; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SUSPENSION; TIME; TIMESCALE; TURBIDITY; VISCOELASTICITY; VISCOSITY;

EID: 79959753841     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: 18734359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2011.03.017     Document Type: Article

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