Charge screening wormlike micelles affects extensional relaxation time and noodle formation.

Huang, Rui, McDowall, Daniel, Ng, Henry ORCID: 0000-0003-4926-7622, Thomson, Lisa, Al-Hilaly, Youssra K, Doutch, James, Burholt, Sam, Serpell, Louise C, Poole, Robert J ORCID: 0000-0001-6686-4301 and Adams, Dave J (2022) Charge screening wormlike micelles affects extensional relaxation time and noodle formation. Chemical communications (Cambridge, England), 58 (74). pp. 10388-10391. ISSN 1359-7345, 1364-548X

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Abstract

A functionalised dipeptide that self-assembles to form wormlike micelles at high pH can be treated as a surfactant. By varying salt concentration, the self-assembled structures and interactions between them change, resulting in solutions with very different shear and extensional viscosity. From these, gel noodles with different mechanical properties can be prepared.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Surface-Active Agents, Micelles, Viscosity
Divisions:	Faculty of Science & Engineering > School of Engineering
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	02 Sep 2022 14:04
Last Modified:	01 Mar 2026 09:37
DOI:	10.1039/d2cc03646k
Open Access URL:	https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2022/cc...
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3163191
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