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Effect of cellulose beads on shear-thickening behavior in concentrated polymer dispersions

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In the present work, we investigated the role of cellulose beads as additive for tuning of shear thickening (ST) behavior of traditional colloidal silica-based shear thickening fluids (STFs). STFs were synthesized with colloidal silica in liquid polyethylene glycol (PEG-200). The ST behavior of cellulose-based STF was compared with silica-based STF in terms of the steady-state and dynamic rheological studies while keeping the same total mass loading in PEG-200 polymer matrix. The ST behavior of cellulose-based STF was found to be more than three times higher than the silica-based STF at the same concentration. It can be expected that the cellulose beads with dense surface hydroxyl groups are a prime reason for improved interfacial interaction between the liquid PEG chains and the PEG-coated silica nanoparticles through strong hydrogen bonding. Both the steady-state and dynamic rheological analyses confirmed the better shear thickening and strain thickening behavior, respectively, as well as higher energy absorption property for cellulose-based STFs. The improved ST behavior of porous cellulose-based STF is definitely due to the cluster formation. This has been justifiably complemented by SEM and in situ rheological microscopy analyses.

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Our grateful acknowledgments are due to the Director (TBRL Chandigarh) for his kind support and encouragement. We would also like to record our gratitude to Ms. Vandana P. Arya and Ms. Gurvinder Kaur of TBRL at Chandigarh, to the Centre for Polymer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi and to Dr. Rajeev Mehta of Thapar University, Patiala for allowing us to use their facilities for the experimentations on the synthesis and characterization of STF.

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This research work was wholly funded and supported by Terminal Ballistics Research Laboratory, Chandigarh which is a part of D.R.D.O., under Ministry of Defence, Government of India.

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    Ehteshamul Islam

  2. Terminal Ballistics Research Laboratory, DRDO, Sec 30, Chandigarh, 160030, India

    Ehteshamul Islam, Gurkiran Kaur, Debarati Bhattacharjee, Ipsita Biswas & Sanjeev K. Verma

  3. Central Scientific Instruments Organisation, CSIR, Sec 30, Chandigarh, 160030, India

    Suman Singh

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Islam, E., Kaur, G., Bhattacharjee, D. et al. Effect of cellulose beads on shear-thickening behavior in concentrated polymer dispersions. Colloid Polym Sci 296, 883–893 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00396-018-4299-6

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