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Generation and Control of Electrohydrodynamic Flows in Aqueous Electrolyte Solutions
Published on: September 7, 2018
Monodisperse poly(2-methylaniline) coated polystyrene core-shell microspheres fabricated by controlled releasing
Seung Hyuk Kwon1, Ying Dan Liu2, Hyoung Jin Choi1
1Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Inha University, Incheon 402-751, Republic of Korea.
Abstract:
A core-shell structured electro-responsive electrorheological (ER) particle system comprised of monodisperse poly(2-methylaniline)-coated polystyrene (PS/PMAN) microspheres was fabricated by applying a controlled swelling-releasing technique to pre-fabricated micron-sized PS seeds using a dispersion polymerization method. Compact wrapping of the PS microparticles with semiconducting PMAN without a de-doping process was examined by scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy. Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy and thermogravimetric analysis also confirmed the chemical composition and thermal stability of the particles, respectively. Rheological characteristics of the PS/PMAN microsphere based ER fluid dispersed in silicone oil at various electric field strengths revealed a typical ER response under both steady shear flow and dynamic oscillation, demonstrating its mechanism of a conductivity model with a slope of 1.5.
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