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A numerical study of viscoelastic phase separation in polymer solutions

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Formation and Dynamics of Self-Organized Structures in Surfactants and Polymer Solutions

Part of the book series: Progress in Colloid & Polymer Science ((PROGCOLLOID,volume 106))

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Abstract

A numerical model is constructed for the viscoelastic phase separation in polymer solutions based upon the two-fluid model using the method of the smoothed-particle hydrodynamics. Computer simulations are carried out with this model in two dimensions and effects of the stress relaxation time on morphology of domains are examined. It is observed that the more viscous phase forms network-like domains when the stress relaxation time is large although those domains are not continuous.

This work is supported by a Grant-in-Aid for Encouragement of Young Scientists, from the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture, Japan.

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    Present address: Department of Computational Science and Engineering, Nagoya University, 464-01, Nagoya, Japan

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  1. Department of Physics, Ochanomizu University, 112, Tokyo, Japan

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Okuzono, T. (1997). A numerical study of viscoelastic phase separation in polymer solutions. In: Kawasaki, K., Lindman, B., Okabayashi, H. (eds) Formation and Dynamics of Self-Organized Structures in Surfactants and Polymer Solutions. Progress in Colloid & Polymer Science, vol 106. Steinkopff. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0111052

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