Shear thickening fluids (STFs) are a new type of nanosuspension, which are formed by
dispersing micro and nanoparticles in a dispersant. STFs are easily deformed under the …

Shear thickening is the increase of the apparent viscosity as shear rate or shear stress
increases. This phenomenon is pronounced in concentrated (dense) suspensions of both …

Next-generation intelligent body armor requires high anti-impact performance, low weight,
flexibility, and integration with multifunctional wearable devices. Shear stiffening gel (SSG) …

Discrete particle simulations are used to study the shear rheology of dense, stabilized,
frictional particulate suspensions in a viscous liquid, toward development of a constitutive …

Particle-based simulations of discontinuous shear thickening (DST) and shear jamming (SJ)
suspensions are used to study the role of stress-activated constraints, with an emphasis on …

Surface roughness affects many properties of colloids, from depletion and capillary
interactions to their dispersibility and use as emulsion stabilizers. It also impacts particle …

A consensus has emerged that a constraint to rotational or sliding motion of particles in
dense suspensions under flow is the genesis of the discontinuous shear thickening (DST) …

Dense suspensions of particles are relevant to many applications and are a key platform for
develo** a fundamental physics of out-of-equilibrium systems. They present challenging …

Over the last half-century, direct measurements of surface forces have been instrumental in
the exploration of a multitude of phenomena in liquid, soft, and biological matter …

Dense suspensions of hard particles in a liquid can exhibit strikingly counter-intuitive
behaviour, such as discontinuous shear thickening (DST),,,,,–and reversible shear jamming …