The dynamics of dilute colloidal suspensions subject to time-dependent flow fields by conservative dichroism
The dynamics of dilute colloidal suspensions subject to time-dependent flow fields by conservative dichroism
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通过保守二色性研究稀胶体悬浮液的动力学随时间变化的流场
DOI:
10.1016/0021-9797(84)90454-5
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发表时间:
1984
影响因子:
9.9
通讯作者:
G. Fuller
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文献类型:
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作者:
P. Frattini;G. Fuller
An apparatus is described which permits simultaneous determination of the conservative linear dichroism and the average orientation angle of a dilute suspension of optically anisotropic, nonabsorbing spheroids subjected to a transient shear field. The magnitude of the dichroism reflects the degree of alignment of the particles along their average orientation angle and measurement of this property in time directly obtains the rotational motion of the particles. This experiment makes use of a photoelastic modulator in a novel optical train; the first and second harmonics of the detector signal, which are independent functions of the dichroism and orientation angle, are measured simultaneously as functions of time. Preliminary data on a dilute suspension of bentonite in 90% glycerine and 10% water subjected to an instantaneous simple shear are presented to illustrate the technique. The qualitative features of these data are adequately described by the Rayleigh scattering theory coupled with Jeffery's solution for the dynamics of a rigid spheroid in a creeping simple shear.