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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

The rheo-optics of shear thickening and structure formation in polymer solutions

Abstract

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Simultaneous measurements of the optical and rheological response of solutions of polystyrene have been made, in-situ, in order to ascertain the connection between structure formation and the phenomenon of shear-thickening. Transient and steady state measurements of the viscosity, dichroism, birefringence and associated orientation angles were carried out in decalin and bromobenzene in the semi-dilute region using a couette device capable of shear rates up to 8,000 s$\sp{-1}.$

Degree

thesis:*
Name thesis:degree_name
Ph.D.
Level thesis:degree_level
Dissertation
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Chemical Engineering
Grantor
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Year dc:date
2011

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Kishbaugh, Alan Jay
Contributors dc:contributor
  • McHugh, Anthony J.

Subjects

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Rights

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Statement dc:rights
  • Copyright 1992 Kishbaugh, Alan Jay
Language dc:language
eng

Identifiers

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Identifier
AAI9236505
(UMI)AAI9236505
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/19937

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2026-07-22
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citation

Kishbaugh, Alan Jay. The rheo-optics of shear thickening and structure formation in polymer solutions. Dissertation thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2142/19937