Abstract
Doppler-shift optical coherence tomography with infrared light was used to probe the velocity profiles of concentrated solutions of complex fluids with samples experiencing steady-state shear flow. The apparatus is sensitive to a velocity range of 0.7-330 mm/s probing very small volumes of material (quasicylindrical volume elements of 9-μm length and 11-μm radius with 3.4-picoliter volumes) inside a plate-plate rheometer with a total sample volume of ~100-1000 μL. The technique can scan the flow in the plane perpendicular to the shear direction, building up a two-dimensional map of the velocity flow field. The use of a coherence gate with a broad-band infrared source (9-μm coherence length, 1300-nm wavelength) allows opaque specimens, such as concentrated colloidal suspensions (2% w/w) and margarine, to be probed. We observe the phenomena of wall slip (margarine) and shear banding (polyacrylamide, a linear flexible polyelectrolyte) using this technique.
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