Large-Amplitude Oscillatory Shear Flow of Polymeric Liquids

流变学是研究物质流动和变形的学科。不是简单的物质，像水或空气，而是复杂的物质，像粘性的，胶粘的，有弹性的液体。这些流体是复杂的，因为它们的分子是长的和链状的。我的流变学研究都是关于将这些长链分子的运动和排列与液体弹性联系起来。我们将通过在最新的昂贵的、复杂的、计算机化的仪器（称为流变仪）中仔细摇动聚合物分子来揭示这些联系。在我的发现资助期间，以及之后的几年里，我的团队将探索弹性液体的分子结构之间的关系，以及他们在称为大振幅振荡剪切（LAOS）的抖动实验中的流变学。我们关心振荡剪切，因为它是最流行的粘弹性测量，当在大振幅下进行时，该测试可以揭示复杂液体响应的非线性粘性和弹性部分的丰富多样的有趣细节。自从我的博士论文在这个问题上[麦吉尔，化学工程（1987年）]，我的小组一直是一个领先的实验室在LAOS的聚合物液体的表征。* 为了加深我们对这些反应的理解，就液体微观结构而言，我的小组现在将注意力转向使用动力学分子理论来探索LAOS中分子结构和应力反应之间的联系[JCP，140，074904（2014）]。在接下来的五年中，我们的目标是计算的应力响应的聚合物液体的振荡剪切流中的模型分子的长度，并将这些预测与我们的实验测量。具体而言，我们的目标是在实验室中改变分子结构，并探索其对流变响应的影响。由于弛豫谱偏离麦克斯韦模型，当扩展多分散体系的动力学分子理论时，出现了特殊的问题。在接下来的五年里，我的团队将解决这些特殊的理论问题。我的新女王实验室将很快配备最新的突破性仪器，用于测量LAOS中的流变响应：带板分区的锥板流。去年夏天，我在德国合作完善了这项技术，我设计了这个提案，以利用我在加拿大流变学研究中心的资源，特别是从相应的CFI资金中订购的新设备。我们寻求发现补助金支持博士后和博士生，以评估结构理论的最新进展，并对已知分子结构的聚合物液体进行仔细测量。

Rheology is the study of the flow and deformation of matter. Not of simple matter, like water or air, but complex matter, like sticky, gooey, elastic liquids. These fluids are complex because their molecules are long and chainlike. My rheological research is all about connecting the motions and alignments of these long chain molecules with liquid elasticity. We will uncover these connections by carefully jiggling the polymer molecules in the latest expensive, sophisticated, computerized instruments called rheometers. Over the period of my Discovery Grant, and for years beyond, my team will explore the relation between the molecular structure of elastic liquids, and their rheology in jiggling experiments called large-amplitude oscillatory shear (LAOS).******We care about oscillatory shear because it is the most popular viscoelastic property measurement, and when done at large amplitude, this test can uncover a rich diversity of interesting detail about the nonlinear viscous and elastic parts of a complex liquid response. Since my doctoral thesis on this subject [McGill, Chemical Engineering (1987)], my group has been a leading laboratory on the characterization of polymeric liquids in LAOS. ***To deepen our understanding of these responses, in terms of the liquid microstructure, my group is now turning its attention to the use of kinetic molecular theory to explore the connections between molecular structure and the stress response in LAOS [JCP, 140, 074904 (2014)]. Over the next five years, we aim to calculate the stress response of the polymeric liquid in terms of the length of the model molecule in oscillatory shear flows, and to compare these predictions with our experimental measurements. Specifically, we aim to vary the molecular structure in the laboratory, and to explore its effect on the rheological response. Special problems arise when extending the kinetic molecular theory for polydisperse systems, since the relaxation spectrum departs from the Maxwell model. Over the next five years, my group will tackle these special theoretical problems.***My new Queen's laboratory will soon be equipped with the latest breakthrough instrument for measuring rheological response in LAOS: cone-plate flow with plate partitioning. Having spent last summer collaborating in Germany to perfect this technique, I design this proposal to exploit the resources of my new Canada Research Chair in Rheology, and especially the new equipment on order from the corresponding CFI monies. We seek Discovery Grant support for postdoctoral and doctoral students to evaluate the latest advances in structural theory with careful measurements on polymeric liquids of known molecular structure.**