Data di Pubblicazione:
2018
Citazione:
Newtonian to non-newtonian fluid transition of a model transient network / G. Nava, T. Yang, V. Vitali, P. Minzioni, I. Cristiani, F. Bragheri, R. Osellame, L. Bethge, S. Klussmann, E.M. Paraboschi, R. Asselta, T. Bellini. - In: SOFT MATTER. - ISSN 1744-683X. - 14:17(2018 May), pp. 3288-3295. [10.1039/c8sm00373d]
Abstract:
The viscosity of gel-forming fluids is notoriously complex and its study can benefit from new model systems that enable a detailed control of the network features. Here we use a novel and simple microfluidic-based active microrheology approach to study the transition from Newtonian to non-Newtonian behavior in a DNA hydrogel whose structure, connectivity, density of bonds, bond energy and kinetics are strongly temperature dependent and well known. In a temperature range of 15 °C, the system reversibly and continuously transforms from a Newtonian dispersion of low-valence nanocolloids into a strongly shear-thinning fluid, passing through a set of intermediate states where it behaves as a power-law fluid. We demonstrate that the knowledge of network topology and bond free energy enables to quantitatively predict the observed behavior using established rheology models.
Tipologia IRIS:
01 - Articolo su periodico
Keywords:
Chemistry (all); Condensed Matter Physics
Elenco autori:
G. Nava, T. Yang, V. Vitali, P. Minzioni, I. Cristiani, F. Bragheri, R. Osellame, L. Bethge, S. Klussmann, E.M. Paraboschi, R. Asselta, T. Bellini
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