The Ages in a Self-Suspended Nanoparticle Liquid

Praveen Agarwal, Haibo Qi, Lynden A. Archer

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Abstract

Telomers ionically tethered to nanometer-sized particles yield self-suspended, nanoparticle-Iaden liquids with unusual dynamical features. By subjecting these suspensions to controlled, modest shear strains, we find that their flow behaviors observed using experiments performed on time scales of tens of seconds can be projected to obtain maps of their dynamical response on geological time scales. That such extraordinarily slow dynamic processes can be uncovered from real-time measurements by simply stretching a system provides a simple but powerful tool for interrogating extremely slow motions in other jammed physical states. © 2010 American Chemical Society.
Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)111-115
Number of pages5
JournalNano Letters
Volume10
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 13 2010
Externally publishedYes

Bibliographical note

KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2020-10-01
Acknowledged KAUST grant number(s): KUS-C1-018-02
Acknowledgements: This work was supported by Award No. KUS-C1-018-02, made by King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) and by the National Science Foundation, Award No. CBET-0756516. Facilities available through the Cornell Center for Materials Research (CCMR) were also used in the study.
This publication acknowledges KAUST support, but has no KAUST affiliated authors.

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