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Interfacial rheology of coexisting solid and fluid monolayers
A. K. Sachan,S. Q. Choi,K. H. Kim,Q. Tang,L. Hwang,K. Y. C. Lee,T. M. Squires,J. A. Zasadzinski
Soft Matter Pub Date : 01/17/2017 00:00:00 , DOI:10.1039/C6SM02797K
Abstract

Biologically relevant monolayer and bilayer films often consist of micron-scale high viscosity domains in a continuous low viscosity matrix. Here we show that this morphology can cause the overall monolayer fluidity to vary by orders of magnitude over a limited range of monolayer compositions. Modeling the system as a two-dimensional suspension in analogy with classic three-dimensional suspensions of hard spheres in a liquid solvent explains the rheological data with no adjustable parameters. In monolayers with ordered, highly viscous domains dispersed in a continuous low viscosity matrix, the surface viscosity increases as a power law with the area fraction of viscous domains. Changing the phase of the continuous matrix from a disordered fluid phase to a more ordered, condensed phase dramatically changes the overall monolayer viscosity. Small changes in the domain density and/or continuous matrix composition can alter the monolayer viscosity by orders of magnitude.

Graphical abstract: Interfacial rheology of coexisting solid and fluid monolayers
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