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Shear-banding in surfactant wormlike micelles: elastic instabilities and wall slip

M. A. Fardin,ab  T. Divoux,c  M. A. Guedeau-Boudeville,a  I. Buchet-Maulien,d  J. Browaeys,a  G. H. McKinley,b  S. Mannevillece  and  S. Lerouge*a 
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a Laboratoire Matiére et Systémes Complexes, CNRS UMR 7057, Université Paris Diderot, 10 rue Alice Domont et Léonie Duquet, Paris Cédex 13, France
E-mail: sandra.lerouge@univ-paris-diderot.fr

b Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, USA

c Université de Lyon, Laboratoire de Physique, CNRS UMR 5672, École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, 46 Allée d'Italie, Lyon cedex 07, France

d Laboratoire Itodys, CNRS UMR 7086, Université Paris Diderot, 15 rue Jean de Baïf, Paris Cédex 13, France

e Institut Universitaire de France, France

Abstract

We report on the flow dynamics of a wormlike micellar system (CPCl/NaSal/brine) undergoing a shear-banding transition using a combination of global rheology, 1D ultrasonic velocimetry and 2D optical visualisation. The different measurements being performed in a single Taylor–Couette geometry, we find a strong correlation between the induced turbid band observed optically and the high shear rate band. This correspondence reveals that fluctuations observed in the 1D velocity profiles are related to elastic instabilities triggered in the high shear rate band: 3D coherent (laminar) flow and 3D turbulent flow successively develop as the applied shear rate is increased. The specific characteristics of the resulting complex dynamics are found to depend on subtle changes in the sample, due to temporary light exposure. The CPCl molecules exhibit a photochemistry mainly influenced by the photo-induced cleavage of the pyridine ring that yields an unstable aldehyde enamine, which further decays by thermally activated processes. The products of the reaction possibly build up a lubrication layer responsible for pathological flow dynamics. Overall, our results bridge the gap between previous independent optical and local velocity measurements and explain most of the observed fluctuations in terms of a sequence of elastic instabilities which turns out to be widespread among semidilute wormlike micellar systems.

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The article was received on 19 Oct 2011, accepted on 02 Dec 2011 and first published on 19 Jan 2012


Article type: Paper
DOI: 10.1039/C2SM06992J
Citation: Soft Matter, 2012,8, 2535-2553
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    Shear-banding in surfactant wormlike micelles: elastic instabilities and wall slip

    M. A. Fardin, T. Divoux, M. A. Guedeau-Boudeville, I. Buchet-Maulien, J. Browaeys, G. H. McKinley, S. Manneville and S. Lerouge, Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 2535
    DOI: 10.1039/C2SM06992J

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