Flow-induced scission of wormlike micelles in nonionic surfactant solutions under shear flow

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  • Yusuke Koide
    Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University , 1-3 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan
  • Susumu Goto
    Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University , 1-3 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan

Abstract

<jats:p>We investigate flow-induced scission of wormlike micelles with dissipative particle dynamics simulations of nonionic surfactant solutions under shear flow. To understand flow-induced scission in terms of micellar timescales, we propose a method to evaluate the longest relaxation time of unentangled surfactant micelles from the rotational relaxation time and the average lifetime at equilibrium. The mean squared displacement of surfactant molecules provides evidence that the longest relaxation time estimated by the proposed method serves as the characteristic timescale at equilibrium. We also demonstrate that the longest relaxation time plays an essential role in flow-induced scission. Using conditional statistics based on the aggregation number of micelles, we examine the statistical properties of the lifetime of wormlike micelles. We then conclude that flow-induced scission occurs when the Weissenberg number defined as the product of the longest relaxation time and the shear rate is larger than a threshold value.</jats:p>

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