Abstract
Shear-induced order of aqueous micellar solutions of a poly(tert-butylstyrene)-b-poly(sodium methacrylate) diblock (c = 2.5−15 w/v %) has been investigated by small-angle X-ray scattering. Data collected from a Couette cell in both radial and tangential geometries agree with a crystalline ordering of micelles in close packed hexagonal layers perpendicular to the velocity gradient, when c is in the 5−10 w/v % range. The measured interlayer distance is indeed very close to the value expected for a close-packed structure. The experimental data are consistent with a zigzag motion of adjacent planes upon shear. Shear-induced order is, however, restricted to a narrow concentration range just above the concentration for the sol−gel transition. This domain is thought to correspond to a regime where relative layer translation modes are allowed whereas mutual rotation is hindered.
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