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Reversible Photorheology in Solutions of Cetyltrimethylammonium Bromide, Salicylic Acid, and trans-2,4,4 '-Trihydroxychalcone
We show photorheology in aqueous solutions of weakly entangled wormlike micelles prepared with cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB), salicylic acid (HSal), and dilute amounts of the photochromic multistate compound trans-2,4,4'-trihydroxychalcone (Ct). Different chemical species of Ct are associated with different colorations and propensities to reside within or outside CTAB micelles. A light-induced transfer between the intra- and intermicellar space is used to alter the mean length of wormlike micelles and hence the rheological properties of the fluid, studied in steady-state shear Bow and in dynamic rheological measurements. Light-induced changes of fluid rheology are reversible by a the relaxation process. at relaxation rates which depend on pH and which are consistent with photochromic reversion rates measured by UV-vis absorption spectroscopy. Parameterizing viscoelostic rheological states by their effective relaxation time tau(c) and corresponding response modulus G(c), we find the light and dark states of the system to fall onto a characteristic state curve defined by comparable experiments conducted without photosensitive components. These reference experiments were prepared with the same concentration of CTAB, but different concentrations of HSal or sodium salicylote (NaSal), and tested at different temperatures
Chiral Surface States in the Bulk Quantum Hall Effect
In layered samples which exhibit a bulk quantum Hall effect (QHE), a
two-dimensional (2d) surface ``sheath" of gapless excitations is expected.
These excitations comprise a novel 2d chiral quantum liquid which should
dominate the low temperature transport along the field (z-axis). For the
integer QHE, we show that localization effects are completely absent in the
``sheath", giving a metallic z-axis conductivity. For fractional filling , the ``sheath" is a 2d non-Fermi liquid, with incoherent z-axis transport
and . Experimental implications for the Bechgaard salts
are discussed.Comment: 4 pages, RevTeX 3.0, with two encapsulated postscript figures, which
can be automatically included in-text if desired. The complete postscript
file is available on the WWW at http://www.itp.ucsb.edu/~balents/sheath.p
Edge electron states for quasi-one-dimensional organic conductors in the magnetic-field-induced spin-density-wave phases
We develop a microscopic picture of the electron states localized at the
edges perpendicular to the chains in the Bechgaard salts in the quantum Hall
regime. In a magnetic-field-induced spin-density-wave state (FISDW)
characterized by an integer N, there exist N branches of chiral gapless edge
excitations. Localization length is much longer and velocity much lower for
these states than for the edge states parallel to the chains. We calculate the
contribution of these states to the specific heat and propose a time-of-flight
experiment to probe the propagating edge modes directly.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figures. V.2: Minor changes to the final version published
in PR
Integer Quantum Hall Effect in Double-Layer Systems
We consider the localization of independent electron orbitals in double-layer
two-dimensional electron systems in the strong magnetic field limit. Our study
is based on numerical Thouless number calculations for realistic microscopic
models and on transfer matrix calculations for phenomenological network models.
The microscopic calculations indicate a crossover regime for weak interlayer
tunneling in which the correlation length exponent appears to increase.
Comparison of network model calculations with microscopic calculations casts
doubt on their generic applicability.Comment: 14 pages, 12 figures included, RevTeX 3.0 and epsf. Additional
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The Butterfly Fauna Of The Italian Maritime Alps:Results Of The «Edit» Project
Bonelli, Simona, Barbero, Francesca, Casacci, Luca Pietro, Cerrato, Cristiana, Balletto, Emilio (2015): The butterfly fauna of the Italian Maritime Alps: results of the EDIT project. Zoosystema 37 (1): 139-167, DOI: 10.5252/z2015n1a6, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5252/z2015n1a
Following micelles with rheo-NMR
The rheological behaviour of the micellar system Cetyltrimethylammonium Bromide (CTAB)/Sodium Salicylate (NaSal) in water is highly dependent on the components concentration and temperature. The surfactant CTAB forms spherical micelles in water above a certain concentration (CD), which upon addition of a salt (NaSal) elongate to form entangled wormlike structures, also known as “living polymers”. The viscosity of wormlike micelles solutions increases dramatically with the increase of salt concentration (CS), changing from quasi-newtonian to a viscoelastic behaviour in the gel-like, highly entangled state. Such rich rheological behaviour has already been characterized by some of the authors and in the literature, e.g., [1-3]. The rheological behaviour of CTAB/NaSal aqueous solutions in the regime
CD/Cs>1 are presented in this work. Furthermore, we followed the rheological behaviour of these solutions by a rheo-NMR technique, allowing for an insight of “what happens” inside the sample during the application of a shear flow. To achieve this goal we performed quantitative flow rate measurements using velocity NMR mapping in the rheo-NMR experiments, developed by Callaghan [4]. Attempts to characterize the velocity profile in this system has already been described [5] using an optical-shear flow experimental setup, although for solutions with CD/Cs<1, where the surfactant [CTAB] has always a smaller concentration than the salt [NaSal].info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio
Quantifying transport within a porous medium over a hierarchy of length scales
Magnetic resonance techniques are used to probe transport within a porous medium over length scales of microns to centimeters. In particular, the apparent discrepancy between estimates of dispersion within porous media determined by pulsed field gradient magnetic resonance techniques and a conventional elution analysis is addressed. The model porous medium considered is a packed bed of height and internal diameter 22.5 and 16.8mm, respectively, packed with highly porous cross-linked dextran particles approximately 50 μm in diameter. Experiments were performed for Peclet numbers in the range