화학공학소재연구정보센터
Rheologica Acta, Vol.48, No.7, 747-753, 2009
An empirical constitutive law for concentrated colloidal suspensions in the approach of the glass transition
Concentrated, non-crystallizing colloidal suspensions in their approach of the glass state exhibit distinct dynamics patterns. These patterns suggest a powerlaw rheological constitutive model for near-glass viscoelasticity, as presented here. The rheological parameters used for this model originate in the mode-coupling theory. The proposed constitutive model provides explicit expressions for the steady shear viscosity, the steady normal stress coefficient, the modulus-compliance relation, and the alpha peak of GaEuro(3). The relaxation pattern distinctly differs from gelation.