Shear induced tuning and memory effects in colloidal gels of rods and spheres
arXiv:2207.05185 · doi:10.1063/5.0129709
Abstract
Shear history plays an important role in determining the linear and nonlinear rheological response of colloidal gels and can be used for tuning their structure and flow properties. Increasing colloidal particle aspect ratio lowers the critical volume fraction for gelation due to an increase of the particle excluded volume. Using a combination of rheology and confocal microscopy we investigate the effect of steady and oscillatory pre-shear history on the structure and rheology of colloidal gels formed by silica spheres and rods of length L and diameter D (L/D = 10) dispersed in 11 M CsCl solution. We use a non-dimensional Mason number, Mn (= F_visc./F_attr.) to compare the effect of steady and oscillatory pre-shear on gel viscoelasticity. We show that after pre-shearing at intermediate Mn, attractive sphere gel exhibits strengthening whereas attractive rod gel exhibits weakening. Rheo-imaging of gels of attractive rods shows that at intermediate Mn, oscillatory pre-shear induces large compact rod clusters in the gel microstructure, compared to steady pre-shear. Our study highlights the impact of particle shape on gel structuring under flow and viscoelasticity after shear cessation.
14 pages, 13 figures
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