3 papers
cond-mat.soft2026
Decoupling Structure and Elasticity in Colloidal Gels Under Isotropic Compression
M. Milani, E. Cavalletti, V. Ruzzi +6
We exploit the controlled drying of millimeter-sized gel beads to investigate isotropic compression of colloidal fractal gels. Using a custom dynamic light scattering setup, we dem…
cond-mat.soft2025
Decoupling dynamics and crosslink stability in supramolecular hydrogels using associative exchange
Pierre Le Bourdonnec, Charafeddine Ferkous, Leo Communal +2
The design of hydrogels that combine mechanical robustness with dynamic reconfigurability remains a fundamental challenge, as increasing crosslink dissociation rates compromise net…
cond-mat.soft2025
Synthesis of spherical mesoporous silica beads with tunable size, stiffness and porosity
M. Milani, K. Ahmad, E. Cavalletti +5
We present an innovative template-free water-based sol-gel method to produce uniform mesoporous silica beads of millimeter size, which have tunable size, stiffness and porosity, an…