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Wormlike micellar gels formed by concentrated 3-(N-erucamidopropyl-N,N-dimethyl ammonium) propanesulfonate (EDAS) solutions show both gel-like behavior and shear banding transitions. Such surfactant gels are strong viscoelastic fluids with ultra-long but finite relaxation time, instead of bulk gels with infinite zero-shear viscosity and relaxation time. We demonstrate for the first time the relationship between the yield stress and shear banding transition of the surfactant gels.
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