Life and death of colloidal bonds control the rate-dependent rheology of gels

Mohammad Nabizadeh; Safa Jamali

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-24416-x

Nature Communications (Jul 2021)

Life and death of colloidal bonds control the rate-dependent rheology of gels

Mohammad Nabizadeh,
Safa Jamali

Affiliations

Mohammad Nabizadeh: Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Northeastern University
Safa Jamali: Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Northeastern University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24416-x
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Understanding the origin of transient spatio-temporal response of colloidal gels is an essential aspect for their application. Nabizadeh and Jamali demonstrate the coupling between the lifetime of colloidal bonds and the rheology from computer simulations on steadily sheared model gels.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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