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RHEOLOGICA ACTA
Volume 45, Issue 3, Pages 239-249Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00397-005-0014-x
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PEO-PPO-PEO triblock copolymer; sol; soft gel; hard gel; large amplitude oscillatory shear (LAOS); Fourier transform rheology (FT-rheology)
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Rheological properties of poly(ethylene oxide)-poly(propylene oxide)-poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO-PPO-PEO) triblock copolymer solution in both linear and nonlinear regions have been investigated. PEO-PPO-PEO triblock copolymer solution shows a dramatic change in mechanical properties as temperature changes. PEO-PPO-PEO triblock copolymer undergoes a transition from sol to gel with increase of temperature. During this transition the copolymer solution passes through three different stages, namely sol, soft gel, and hard gel. In our previous research (Hyun et al. in J Non-Newtonian Fluid Mech 55:51-65, 2002), large amplitude oscillatory shear (LAOS) behavior was found to be very sensitive to the generated microstructures. In this study, we investigated the relationship between the LAOS type and the microdomain structure. Newtonian behavior is observed in sol region, while there appear two kinds of LAOS types in the soft gel region. One is type I (G', G'' decreasing) and the other is a combination of type I and type IV (G', G'' increasing followed by decreasing). Type III (G' decreasing, G'' increasing followed by decreasing) is observed in the hard gel region. We compared the shape of stress curves, Lissajous pattern, and Fourier transform (FT) rheology of hard gel and soft gel under LAOS, and tried to relate the complex LAOS behavior with the microstructural change. From these investigations, it was found that the LAOS behavior and the stress pattern at large strain are closely related to the microdomain structure of PEO-PPO-PEO triblock copolymer, and provide a lot of useful information on the microstructures induced by large deformation.
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