1. Shear thickening of Laponite suspensions with poly (ethylene oxide)
- Author
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Abdoulaye Fall, Daniel Bonn, Fall, Abdoulaye, Département Electronique et Physique (EPH), Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT)-Télécom SudParis (TSP), Laboratoire de Physique Statistique de l'ENS (LPS), Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Fédération de recherche du Département de physique de l'Ecole Normale Supérieure - ENS Paris (FRDPENS), École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS Paris), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS Paris), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Soft Matter (WZI, IoP, FNWI), Département Electronique et Physique (TSP - EPH), Fédération de recherche du Département de physique de l'Ecole Normale Supérieure - ENS Paris (FRDPENS), École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL), and Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
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[PHYS]Physics [physics] ,chemistry.chemical_classification ,Dilatant ,Materials science ,Oxide ,General Chemistry ,Polymer ,Polyethylene oxide ,Condensed Matter Physics ,[PHYS] Physics [physics] ,[PHYS.COND.CM-SCM] Physics [physics]/Condensed Matter [cond-mat]/Soft Condensed Matter [cond-mat.soft] ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,chemistry ,Rheology ,Shear (geology) ,[PHYS.COND]Physics [physics]/Condensed Matter [cond-mat] ,Composite material ,[PHYS.COND.CM-SCM]Physics [physics]/Condensed Matter [cond-mat]/Soft Condensed Matter [cond-mat.soft] ,ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS ,[PHYS.COND] Physics [physics]/Condensed Matter [cond-mat] ,Poly ethylene - Abstract
We study the effect of addition of polyethylene oxide (PEO) on the rheological behavior of suspensions of Laponite. Experiments were performed on mixtures of PEO and Laponite at different concentrations. These mixtures can exhibit very strong shear thickening behavior: under shear, the suspension can become a yield stress material sufficiently strong to support its own weight. Depending on the polymer concentration, we observe continuous or discontinuous shear thickening mechanisms; it is the discontinuous shear thickening that leads to the formation of yield stress materials.
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- 2012