3 papers
cond-mat.soft2017
Strand plasticity governs fatigue in colloidal gels
Jan Maarten van Doorn, Joanne E. Verweij, Joris Sprakel +1
Repeated loading of a solid leads to microstructural damage that ultimately results in catastrophic material failure. While posing a major threat to the stability of virtually all…
cond-mat.soft2016
Linking particle dynamics to local connectivity in colloidal gels
Jan Maarten van Doorn, Jochem Bronkhorst, Ruben Higler +2
Colloidal gels are a prototypical example of a heterogeneous network solid whose complex properties are governed by thermally-activated dynamics. In this Letter we experimentally e…
cond-mat.soft2016
Criticality and mechanical enhancement in composite fibre networks
Jan Maarten van Doorn, Luuk Lageschaar, Joris Sprakel +1
Many biological materials consist of sparse networks of disordered fibres, embedded in a soft elastic matrix. The interplay between rigid and soft elements in such composite networ…