Designing and transforming yield-stress fluids

AZ Nelson, KS Schweizer, BM Rauzan… - Current Opinion in Solid …, 2019 - Elsevier
We review progress in designing and transforming multi-functional yield-stress fluids and
give a perspective on the current state of knowledge that supports each step in the design …

Shape anisotropic colloids: synthesis, packing behavior, evaporation driven assembly, and their application in emulsion stabilization

VR Dugyala, SV Daware, MG Basavaraj - Soft Matter, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
The recent surge to explore and exploit the effect of particle shape has led to several
interesting and unique observations in various diverse fields, ranging from biology to …

On the role of competing interactions in charged colloids with short-range attraction

J Ruiz-Franco, E Zaccarelli - Annual Review of Condensed …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
In this review, we discuss recent advances in the investigation of colloidal systems
interacting via a combination of short-range attraction and long-range repulsion. The …

Real space analysis of colloidal gels: Triumphs, challenges and future directions

CP Royall, MA Faers, SL Fussell… - Journal of Physics …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Colloidal gels constitute an important class of materials found in many contexts and with a
wide range of applications. Yet as matter far from equilibrium, gels exhibit a variety of time …

Flexibility, extensibility, and ratio of Kuhn length to packing length govern the pinching dynamics, coil-stretch transition, and rheology of polymer solutions

J Dinic, V Sharma - Macromolecules, 2020 - ACS Publications
We elucidate the influence of chemical structure on macromolecular hydrodynamics,
rheological response, and pinching dynamics underlying drop formation/liquid transfer using …

Rheological study of reinforcement of agarose hydrogels by cellulose nanowhiskers

KJ Le Goff, C Gaillard, W Helbert, C Garnier… - Carbohydrate …, 2015 - Elsevier
The influence of the addition of tunicate cellulose nanowhiskers on the structural and
rheological properties of an agarose hydrogel matrix has been studied, with the objective to …

Microstructure and elasticity of dilute gels of colloidal discoids

PK Kao, MJ Solomon, M Ganesan - Soft Matter, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The linear elasticity of dilute colloidal gels formed from discoidal latex particles is quantified
as a function of aspect ratio and modeled by confocal microscopy characterization of their …

Phase behavior of aqueous suspension of laponite: New insights with microscopic evidence

S Jatav, YM Joshi - Langmuir, 2017 - ACS Publications
Investigating microstructure of suspensions with particles having anisotropic shape that
share complex interactions is a challenging task leading to competing claims. This work …

A temperature-responsive poly (vinyl alcohol) gel for controlling fluidity of an inorganic phase change material

P Karimineghlani, E Emmons, MJ Green… - Journal of Materials …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
An environmentally responsive polymeric network has been demonstrated for incorporating
an inorganic salt hydrate phase change material (PCM). The unique feature of this material …

Tuning the rheological behavior of colloidal gels through competing interactions

J Ruiz-Franco, F Camerin, N Gnan, E Zaccarelli - Physical Review Materials, 2020 - APS
We study colloidal gels formed by competing electrostatic repulsion and short-range
attraction by means of extensive numerical simulations under external shear. We show that …