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We investigate the steady-state rheological behaviour of the lamellar phase of a lyotropic system (CpCl, hexanol, brine) and of a thermotropic system (8CB). Power laws characterize the behaviour of the imposed stress as a function of the measured shear rate and similarities are observed for both systems; the same regime γ˙∼σm with m≈1.7 is obtained at low shear stresses corresponding to a texture of oily streaks oriented in the direction of the flow, as shown by microscopic observations. The “onion state” only exists in the case of dilute samples of the lyotropic lamellar phase; the stress then varies as γ˙∼σm with m≈4.8, as already observed by other groups with different systems. Rheological measurements at different temperatures allow determination of different activation energies relating to the still badly understood processes involved in the different rheological regimes. We propose a model which reproduces the experimental power laws and which is based on an analogy with the theory of high-temperature creep in metals and alloys.
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Received: 19 October 1999/Accepted: 1 November 1999
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Meyer, C., Asnacios, S., Bourgaux, C. et al. Rheology of lyotropic and thermotropic lamellar phases. Rheol. Acta 39, 223–233 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s003970000075
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s003970000075