Paper Number
GR4 

Session
Gallery of Rheology Contest

Title
Viscoelastic twister

Presentation Date and Time
October 12, 2022 (Wednesday) 6:30

Track / Room
Gallery of Rheology / Sheraton 1

Authors (Click on name to view author profile)

1. Morlet-Decarnin, Lise (ENSL, CNRS, Laboratoire de Physique)

Author and Affiliation Lines (in printed abstract book)
Lise Morlet-Decarnin
Laboratoire de Physique, ENSL, CNRS, Lyon, France

Speaker / Presenter 
Morlet-Decarnin, Lise

Keywords
experimental methods; flow-induced instabilities; polymer solutions

Text of Abstract
Visualization of shear-induced structures in a dilute solution of wormlike micelles. Picture taken between crossed polarizers during the French Annual Science Festival "Fête de la science" to introduce Soft Matter to a broad audience. The scale is set by the syringe barrel that have a diameter of 3 cm.