Probing structure in colloidal gels of thermoreversible rodlike virus particles: Rheology and scattering

Journal of Rheology

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1153-1174

  Krishna Reddy, Naveen ^a   Zhang, Zhenkun ^a,c   Paul Lettinga, M ^b   Dhont, Jan K G ^b   Vermant, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^c NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Colloidal suspensions; fd virus; Gel rheology; PNIPAM; Rodlike particles

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDAL SUSPENSIONS; FD-VIRUS; GEL RHEOLOGY; PNIPAM; ROD-LIKE PARTICLES;

ACRYLIC MONOMERS; ASPECT RATIO; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; ELASTICITY; GELS; IONIC STRENGTH; RHEOLOGY; SCATTERING; VIRUSES; VOLUME FRACTION;

SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

EID: 84864355945     PISSN: 01486055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1122/1.4728335     Document Type: Article

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