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Kostas Housiadas, Georgios Georgiou
A special rheology symposium in honor of Professor Roger Ian Tanner, on the occasion of his 82nd birthday
Appl. Rheol. 25:5 (2015) 62-62
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Housiadas K, Georgiou G: A special rheology symposium in honor of Professor Roger Ian Tanner, on the occasion of his 82nd birthday, Appl. Rheol. 25 (2015) 62.
Markus Hutter, Ger Koper
7th International Workshop and Summer School on Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics (IWNET 2015)
Appl. Rheol. 25:5 (2015) 61-61
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Hutter M, Koper G: 7th International Workshop and Summer School on Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics (IWNET 2015), Appl. Rheol. 25 (2015) 61.
Imane Belyamani, Joshua U. Otaigbe, Dana Nelson, Brian Strom, James Roberds
Rheological properties of southern pine oleoresins
Appl. Rheol. 25:5 (2015) 53708 (12 pages)
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Despite the economic and ecologic importance of pine oleoresins, their rheology remains little explored. In this report we
describe rheological properties of oleoresins produced by mature trees of four southern pines native to North America (loblolly,
slash, longleaf, shortleaf). Results indicate that these oleoresins are structured fluids that exhibit viscoelastic behavior, but
differ in flow behavior. Slash pine oleoresin exhibited Newtonian flow behavior while the oleoresin from the longleaf and
shortleaf pines showed pseudoplastic behavior and the loblolly pine oleoresin showed Bingham fluid behavior with a yield
stress of about 1.980 Pa. Temperature-dependent viscosities for the oleoresin samples studied were well described by the
Arrhenius model, yielding flow activation energies ranging from 153.5 to 219.7 kJ/mol. The viscosity of the slash pine oleoresin
sample was found to be less sensitive to temperature than that of the shortleaf or longleaf pine samples. The time-temperature
superposition principle was successfully applied to pine oleoresins to show behavior over the temperature range of 25
- 65°C typical for a thermorheologically simple system. Such behavior is consistent with the temperature dependent viscoelastic
properties found for these complex fluids, and supports the effective use of rheological evaluations for describing
physical properties of pine oleoresins.
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Belyamani I, Otaigbe JU, Nelson D, Strom B, Roberds J: Rheological properties of southern pine oleoresins, Appl. Rheol. 25 (2015) 53708.
Willy Mbasha, Irina Masalova, Rainer Haldenwang, Alexander Malkin
The yield stress of cement pastes as obtained by different rheological approaches
Appl. Rheol. 25:5 (2015) 53517 (11 pages)
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Different rheological methods for yield stress estimation of cement pastes during initial hydration were used and results
were compared. These methods include measuring of the hysteresis loop, flow curves (recalculated to the same time of
hydration) and large amplitude oscillating strain (LAOS). Experiments were performed with four Ordinary Portland Cements
from one manufacturer, produced at different factories and one polycarboxylate acid based superplasticiser (SP). The yield
stress values obtained by constructing flow curves is the only method which gives information about the evolution of the
rheological properties, reflecting structure evolution of cements pastes. It was shown that the yield stress values established
by the LAOS method and that calculated from the flow curves are similar while the values found from the downward part of
the hysteresis loops are much lower. Differences in the yield stress values obtained by various methods are related to the different
states of the material corresponding to the kinetics of hydration. The hysteresis loops provide information about
thixotropic characteristics of the material including characteristic times of rebuilding and the rate of yield stress evolution of
cements. The rheological properties are very sensitive to the chemical and physical differences of the cements and could be
used for their characterization.
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Mbasha W, Masalova I, Haldenwang R, Malkin A: The yield stress of cement pastes as obtained by different rheological approaches, Appl. Rheol. 25 (2015) 53517.
Johannes Nowak, Christoph Nowak, Stefan Odenbach
Consequences of sheep blood used as diluting agent for the magnetoviscous effect in biocompatible ferrofluids
Appl. Rheol. 25:5 (2015) 53250 (8 pages)
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Magnetic nanoparticles suspended in suitable carrier liquids can be adopted for use in biomedicine. For this to be achieved,
the biocompatibility of these ferrofluids needs to be ascertained. In cancer treatment, potential applications currently under
investigation include, e.g. drug targeting by using magnetic fields and the destruction of diseased cells by applying alternating
magnetic fields, which cause heating of magnetic nanoparticles. To enable the use of ferrofluids in the actual biomedical
context, detailed knowledge of the flow characteristics is essential to ensure safe treatment. From ferrofluids used in the
engineering context, a rise of viscosity when a magnetic field is applied - the magnetoviscous effect - is well known. This
effect, which leads to an increased viscosity and profound alteration of a fluid's rheological behaviour, has also been demonstrated
for biocompatible ferrofluids used in the aforementioned applications. In biomedical applications, ferrofluids will be
diluted in the blood stream. Therefore, the interaction between whole blood and the ferrofluid has to be investigated. This is
the focus of the current experimental study, which makes use of two different ferrofluids diluted in sheep blood to gain a
deeper understanding of the fluid mixtures primarily regarding the relative change in viscosity if an external magnetic field
is applied. The results demonstrate a strong interaction between blood cells and structures formed by the magnetic nanoparticles
and show a high deviation of results compared to ferrofluids diluted in water. These findings have to be taken into
account for future research and applications of similar biocompatible fluids to guarantee safe and effective use in living
organisms.
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Nowak J, Nowak C, Odenbach S: Consequences of sheep blood used as diluting agent for the magnetoviscous effect in biocompatible ferrofluids, Appl. Rheol. 25 (2015) 53250.
Flavio H. Marchesini, Monica F. Naccache, Aline Abdu, Alexandra A. Alicke, Paulo R. de Souza Mendes
Rheological characterization of yield-stress materials: Flow pattern and apparent wall slip
Appl. Rheol. 25:5 (2015) 53883 (10 pages)
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An experimental and numerical investigation of the rotational rheometry of yield-stress materials is performed, using waterbased
Carbopol dispersions. The flow and fluid characterization in different rheometer geometries, namely the smooth
Couette, the grooved Couette, and the vane-in-cup are analyzed. The bi-dimensional flow governing equations are solved
numerically, using the finite volume method and Fluent software (Ansys Inc.). The viscoplastic behavior of Carbopol dispersions
is modeled using the Generalized Newtonian constitutive equation with the regularized viscoplastic viscosity function
proposed by de Souza Mendes and Dutra [1], herein called SMD function. The flow pattern and the presence of apparent wall
slip in rheometric measurements of yield-stress materials are investigated and discussed.
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Marchesini FH, Naccache MF, Abdu A, Alicke AA, deSouzaMendes PR: Rheological characterization of yield-stress materials: Flow pattern and apparent wall slip, Appl. Rheol. 25 (2015) 53883.
Michael W. Boehm, Heather M. Shewan, Jennifer A. Steen, Jason R. Stokes
Illustrating ultra-low-volume rheology on a conventional rheometer: Charting the development of hyaluronan during fermentation
Appl. Rheol. 25:5 (2015) 55609 (8 pages)
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We provide methodologies to characterise the rheology of ultra-low volumes of polymer solutions and biological fluids (10 -
100 μL) on a rotational rheometer. The technique utilises a parallel plate geometry with narrow gaps of 20 - 100 micrometers,
which is an order of magnitude less than conventional methods. Despite the complications these gaps present, the use of
appropriate protocols ensures reliable and accurate rheological characterisation of fluids, including shear-dependent viscosity,
normal stresses and linear viscoelasticity. This rheological technique.s usefulness is further demonstrated by showing
how the rheology of hyaluronan solutions evolve during fermentation. The intrinsic viscosity of the hyaluronan macromolecule
is determined using less than 100 μL of solution extracted directly from the bioreactor, and this is used to provide a reasonable
indicator of its molecular weight as it develops during the fermentation process. The ability to measure rheology of
ultra-low volumes has applications in the characterisation of biological fluids and high value macromolecules, as well as generally
in biotechnology and nanotechnology research fields.
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Boehm MW, Shewan HM, Steen JA, Stokes JR: Illustrating ultra-low-volume rheology on a conventional rheometer: Charting the development of hyaluronan during fermentation, Appl. Rheol. 25 (2015) 55609.
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