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Viscosity of two-dimensional suspensions.

Junqi Ding1, Heidi E Warriner, Joseph A Zasadzinski

  • 1Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106-5080, USA.

Physical Review Letters
|April 17, 2002
PubMed
Summary

Lipid and surfactant monolayers show solid domains in liquid. Their surface shear viscosity scales with solid area fraction, similar to 3D sphere dispersions.

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Area of Science:

  • Physical Chemistry
  • Materials Science
  • Surface Science

Background:

  • Lipid and surfactant monolayers can exhibit phase coexistence, with solid domains dispersed in a liquid phase.
  • Understanding the rheological properties of such systems is crucial for various applications.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the surface shear viscosity of lipid and surfactant monolayers with coexisting solid and liquid phases.
  • To identify any scaling relationships governing the viscosity based on the solid phase fraction.

Main Methods:

  • Surface shear viscosity measurements.
  • Fluorescence microscopy to quantify the area fraction of the solid phase.
  • Analysis of viscosity data as a function of solid phase area fraction.

Main Results:

  • The surface shear viscosity (μ(s)) of the monolayers collapses onto a single universal scaling curve.
  • The scaling relationship is described by μ(s)/μ(so) = [1-(A/A(c))](-1), where μ(so) is the liquid phase viscosity, A is the solid area fraction, and A(c) is the critical solid fraction.
  • This behavior is analogous to 3D dispersions of spheres with repulsive interactions.

Conclusions:

  • A universal scaling law governs the surface shear viscosity of lipid and surfactant monolayers with coexisting phases.
  • The observed scaling provides insights into the microstructural mechanics of these two-dimensional systems.
  • The analogy to 3D dispersions highlights fundamental principles in soft matter rheology.

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