- Title
- Shear dependent viscosity of poly(ethylene oxide) in two protic ionic liquids
- Creator
- Smith, J. A.; Webber, Grant B.; Warr, G. G.; Zimmer, A.; Atkin, R.; Werzer, O.
- Relation
- Journal of Colloid and Interface Science Vol. 430, p. 56-60
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2014.05.006
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2014
- Description
- Steady shear viscosity measurements have been performed on 100kDa poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) dissolved in the protic ionic liquids ethylammonium nitrate (EAN) and propylammonium nitrate (PAN) and in water. The zero shear viscosity in all three solvents increases with polymer concentration, falling into three concentration regimes corresponding to dilute, semi-dilute and network solutions. Huggins plots reveal three distinct solvent conditions: good (water), good-theta (EAN) and theta (PAN). However, differences in the transition concentrations, power law behaviour of the viscosities, and relaxation times arising from shear thinning in the two ILs can be directly related to the effects of solvent nanostructure.
- Subject
- ionic liquids; nanostructure; polymer
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1043533
- Identifier
- uon:14207
- Identifier
- ISSN:0021-9797
- Language
- eng
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