Modifying the structure and flow behaviour of aqueous montmorillonite suspensions with surfactant

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

Volumn 371, Issue 1988, 2013, Pages

  Cui, Yannan ^a   Pizzey, Claire L ^b   Van Duijneveldt, Jeroen S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clay; Liquid crystal; Rheology; Scattering; Surfactant

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; CLAY; CLAY MINERALS; ELASTICITY; ETHERS; LIGHT SCATTERING; LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; RHEOLOGY; SCATTERING; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

CHARGE INTERACTIONS; CLAY CONCENTRATION; CLAY PARTICLES; COLLOIDAL SUSPENSIONS; CONCENTRIC CYLINDERS; FLOW BEHAVIOURS; LARGE LENGTH-SCALE; LENGTH SCALE; MICROSCOPE IMAGES; MONTMORILLONITE SUSPENSIONS; NEMATIC PHASE; NEMATIC TRANSITIONS; NUMBER OF FACTORS; PRIMARY AGGREGATE; SALT CONCENTRATION; SCATTERING DATA; SELF-ASSEMBLED; SMALL ANGLE X-RAY SCATTERING; SOL/GEL TRANSITION; STATIC LIGHT SCATTERING; SURFACTANT ADSORPTION; SUSPENSION STRUCTURE;

SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

EID: 84874730938     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2012.0262     Document Type: Article

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