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Rheological behaviour of polyoxometalate-doped lyotropic lamellar phases

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We study the influence of nanoparticle doping on the lyotropic liquid crystalline phase of the industrial surfactant Brij30 ( C12E4 and water, doped with spherical polyoxometalate nanoparticles smaller than the characteristic dimensions of the host lamellar phase. We present viscometry and in situ rheology coupled with small-angle X-ray scattering data that show that, with increasing doping concentration, the nanoparticles act to decrease the shear viscosity of the lamellar phase, and that a shear-induced transition to a multilamellar vesicle “onion” phase is pushed to higher shear rates, and in some cases completely suppressed. X-ray data reveal that the nanoparticles remain encapsulated within the membranes of the vesicles, thus indicating a viable method for the fabrication of nanoparticle incorporating organic vesicles.

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  1. Laboratoire de Physique des Solides-UMR 8502-Université Paris-Sud, F-91405, Orsay, France

    J. P. de Silva, A. S. Poulos, B. Pansu, P. Davidson, B. Kasmi, D. Petermann & M. Impéror

  2. Laboratoire Matière et Systèmes Complexes-10 rue Alice Domon et Lonie Duquet, 75205, Paris, France

    S. Asnacios

  3. SOLEIL Synchrotron-L’Orme des Merisiers Saint-Aubin, BP 48 91192, Gif-sur-Yvette, France

    F. Meneau

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de Silva, J.P., Poulos, A.S., Pansu, B. et al. Rheological behaviour of polyoxometalate-doped lyotropic lamellar phases. Eur. Phys. J. E 34, 4 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1140/epje/i2011-11004-1

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