Out-of-equilibrium microrheology using optical tweezers to probe directional viscoelastic properties under shear

Khan, Manas and Sood, AK (2010) Out-of-equilibrium microrheology using optical tweezers to probe directional viscoelastic properties under shear. In: EPL: Europhysics Letters, 92 (4).

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Abstract

Many wormlike micellar systems exhibit appreciable shear thinning due to shear-induced alignment. As the micelles get aligned introducing directionality in the system, the viscoelastic properties are no longer expected to be isotropic. An optical-tweezers-based active microrheology technique enables us to probe the out-of-equilibrium rheological properties of a wormlike micellar system simultaneously along two orthogonal directions-parallel to the applied shear, as well as perpendicular to it. While the displacements of a trapped bead in response to active drag force carry signature of conventional shear thinning, its spontaneous position fluctuations along the perpendicular direction manifest an orthogonal shear thickening, an effect hitherto unobserved. Copyright (C) EPLA, 2010

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	EPL: Europhysics Letters
Publisher:	EDP Sciences
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to EDP Sciences.
Department/Centre:	Division of Physical & Mathematical Sciences > Physics
Date Deposited:	31 Jan 2011 09:38
Last Modified:	31 Jan 2011 09:38
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/35309

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