on Friday, July 9, 2010

Author(s): P. Nghe, S. M. Fielding, P. Tabeling, and A. Ajdari

Using microparticle image velocimetry, we resolve the spatial structure of the shear-banding flow of a wormlike micellar surfactant solution in a straight microchannel. We reveal an instability of the interface between the shear bands, associated with velocity modulations along the vorticity directi...

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 248303] Published Thu Jun 17, 2010