Université de Fribourg

Variations of the Herschel–Bulkley exponent reflecting contributions of the viscous continuous phase to the shear rate-dependent stress of soft glassy materials

Caggioni, Marco ; Trappe, Veronique ; Spicer, Patrick T.

In: Journal of Rheology, 2020, vol. 64, no. 2, p. 413–422

We explore the flow behavior of concentrated emulsions for which the viscosity of the continuous phase can be significantly varied by changing the temperature. The exponents obtained by fitting the shear rate-dependent stress with the popular Herschel–Bulkley (HB) model display a systematic dependence on the viscosity of the continuous phase, revealing that viscous dissipation via the...

Université de Fribourg

Colloidal fibers as structurant for worm-like micellar solutions

Zanchetta, Giuliano ; Mirzaagha, Shadi ; Guida, Vincenzo ; Zonfrilli, Fabio ; Caggioni, Marco ; Grizzuti, Nino ; Pasquino, Rossana ; Trappe, Veronique

In: Colloid and Polymer Science, 2018, vol. 296, no. 8, p. 1379–1385

We investigate the rheological properties of a simplified version of a liquid detergent composed of an aqueous solution of the linear alkylbenzene sulphonate (LAS) surfactant, in which a small amount of fibers made of hydrogenated castor oil (HCO) is dispersed. At the concentration typically used in detergents, LAS is in a worm-like micellar phase exhibiting a Maxwellian behavior. The...