Abstract
AbstractRheological modifiers are added to formulations to tune rheology, enable function and drive phase changes requiring an understanding of material structure and properties. We characterize two colloidal rod systems during phase transitions using multiple particle tracking microrheology, which measures the Brownian motion of probes embedded in a sample. These systems include a colloid (monodisperse polyamide or polydisperse hydrogenated castor oil), surfactant (linear alkylbenzene sulfonate [LAS]), and nonabsorbing polymer (polyethylene oxide [PEO]) which drives gelation by depletion interactions. Phase transitions are characterized at all concentrations using time‐cure superposition. We determine that rheological evolution depends onLAS:colloid. The critical PEO concentration required to form a gel,cc/c*, is independent ofLAS:colloid, critical relaxation exponent,n, is dependent onLAS:colloid, and both are independent of colloid polydispersity.nindicates the material structure at the phase transition. AtLAS:colloid > 16, the scaffold is a tightly associated network and atLAS:colloid = 16 a loosely associated network.
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