Architectural coatings/paints play a very important role in our world, making our houses and
workplaces beautiful, comfortable, and energy-efficient. Polymeric components of coating …

Viscoelastic stress relaxation is a basic characteristic of soft matter systems such as colloids,
gels, and biological networks. Although the Maxwell model of linear viscoelasticity provides …

Soft particulate gels are composed of a small amount of particulate matter dispersed in a
continuous fluid phase. The solid components assemble to form a porous matrix, providing …

Colloidal clusters and gels are ubiquitous in science and technology. Particle softness has a
strong effect on interparticle interactions; however, our understanding of the role of this factor …

Soft gels, formed via the self-assembly of particulate materials, exhibit intricate multiscale
structures that provide them with flexibility and resilience when subjected to external …

The digital transformation of sludge treatment processes requires online sensing of
dewaterability. This topic has been attempted for many years based on macroscopic shear …

We use time-resolved mechanical spectroscopy to offer a detailed picture of the gelation
dynamics of cellulose nanocrystal (CNC) suspensions following shear cessation in the …

Abstract Structure-property relationships of alkali-activated aluminosilicate gels are studied
using rheology, neutron scattering, solid-state NMR, and TEM to develop a pseudo-ternary …

Colloidal gels undergo a phenomenon known as physical aging, ie, a continuous change of
their physical properties with time. To date, most of the research effort on aging in gels has …

Clay slurries are both ubiquitous and essential in the oil exploration industry, and are most
commonly employed as drilling fluids. Due to its natural abundance, bentonite clay is often …