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20182025
most citedTuning the rheological behavior of colloidal gels through competing interactions

22 citations · 71 across the 8 of their papers we have counts for

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12 papers

cond-mat.soft2025★ 3 cited

Soft ULC Microgels at the Interface Interact and Flow as Hertzian-Like Colloids

José Ruiz-Franco, Tom Höfken, Maximilian M. Schmidt +3

Soft pair potentials predict a reentrant liquid phase for high concentrations, a behavior not observed experimentally. Here, very soft microgels confined at an oil-water interface…

cond-mat.soft2024

Inducing mechanical self-healing in glassy polymer melts

José Ruiz-Franco, Andrea Giuntoli

Glassy polymer melts such as the plastics used in pipes, structural materials, and medical devices are ubiquitous in daily life. They accumulate damage over time due to their use,…

cond-mat.soft2023

Auxetic polymer networks: The role of crosslinking, density and disorder

Andrea Ninarello, José Ruiz-Franco, Emanuela Zaccarelli

Low-connectivity polymer networks were recently found to behave auxetically when subjected to small tensions, that is, their Poisson's ratio becomes negative. In addition, for…

cond-mat.soft2023★ 15 cited

Interfacial fluid rheology of soft particles

Maximilian M. Schmidt, José Ruiz-Franco, Steffen Bochenek +3

In situ interfacial rheology and numerical simulations are used to investigate microgel monolayers in a wide range of packing fractions, . The heterogeneous particle compre…

cond-mat.soft2020★ 8 cited

Static and Dynamic Properties of Block-Copolymer Based Grafted Nanoparticles Across the Non-Ergodicity Transition

Daniele Parisi, Jose Ruiz-Franco, Yingbo Ruan +3

We present a systematic investigation of static and dynamic properties of block copolymer micelles with crosslinked cores, representing model polymer-grafted nanoparticles, over a…

cond-mat.soft2020★ 8 cited

Static and Dynamic Properties of Block-Copolymer Based Grafted Nanoparticles Across the Non-Ergodicity Transition

Daniele Parisi, José Ruiz-Franco, Yingbo Ruan +4

We present a systematic investigation of static and dynamic properties of block copolymer micelles with crosslinked cores, representing model polymer-grafted nanoparticles, over a…