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Orientation and dynamics of stiff polymeric nanoparticles (1801.07976v1)

Published 24 Jan 2018 in cond-mat.soft

Abstract: Successful assembly of suspended nanoscale rod-like particles depends on fundamental phenomena controlling rotational and translational diffusion. Despite the significant developments in fluidic fabrication of nanostructured materials, the ability to quantify the dynamics in processing systems remains challenging. Here we demonstrate an experimental method for characterization of the orientation dynamics of nanorod suspensions in assembly flows using birefringence relaxation. The methodology is illustrated using nanocelluloses (cellulose nanocrystals and nanofibrils) as model systems, where the coupling of rotational diffusion coefficients to particle size distributions as well as flow-induced orientation mechanisms are elucidated. Our observations advance the knowledge on key fundamental nanoscale mechanisms governing the dynamics of nanotubes and nanorods allowing bottom-up assembly into hierarchical superstructures.

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