Self-Diffusion in Wormlike Micelles Networks with Electrostatic Interactions: A Universal Behavior?
- 6 July 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 81 (1) , 228-231
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.81.228
Abstract
We report measurements of the self-diffusion coefficient of several wormlike micellar solutions in the semidilute regime. We show that the existing “living polymer” models can account for the results only if the effect of electrostatics on the micellar growth is taken into account. The behavior of the different systems is remarkably similar, and this is due to the fact that the micelles scission energies are relatively system independent.Keywords
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