Viscoelasticity of a colloidal gel during dynamical arrest: Evolution through the critical gel and comparison with a soft colloidal glass

Journal of Rheology

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1557-1579

  Negi, Ajay Singh ^a   Redmon, Carissa G ^b   Ramakrishnan, Subramanian ^b   Osuji, Chinedum O ^c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH BHOPAL   (India)

^b FAMU FSU COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (United States)

^c Yale University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL CURRENT DENSITY (SUPERCONDUCTIVITY); CROSSLINKING; GELATION; GELS; GERMANIUM; GLASS; SHEAR FLOW; VISCOELASTICITY;

AGGREGATION KINETICS; CROSS-LINKED POLYMERS; DYNAMIC CRITICAL EXPONENTS; ISOTHERMAL CONDITIONS; REACTION COORDINATES; STRUCTURAL DIFFERENCES; VISCOELASTIC PROPERTIES; ZERO SHEAR VISCOSITY;

SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

EID: 84906822330     PISSN: 01486055     EISSN: 15208516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1122/1.4883675     Document Type: Article

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