3 papers
cond-mat.soft2019
Poroelasticity of (bio)polymer networks during compression: theory and experiment
Melle T. J. J. M. Punter, Bart E. Vos, Bela M. Mulder +1
Soft living tissues like cartilage can be considered as biphasic materials comprised of a fibrous complex biopolymer network and a viscous background liquid. Here, we show by a com…
cond-mat.soft2016
Compression and reswelling of microgel particles after an osmotic shock
Jelle F. Sleeboom, Panayiotis Voudouris, Melle T. J. J. M. Punter +4
We use dedicated microfluidic devices to expose soft hydrogel particles to a rapid change in the externally applied osmotic pressure and observe a non-monotonic response: After an…
cond-mat.soft2016
A Landau-de Gennes theory for hard colloidal rods: defects and tactoids
Jeffrey Everts, Melle Punter, Sela Samin +2
We construct a phenomenological Landau-de Gennes theory for hard colloidal rods by performing an order parameter expansion of the chemical-potential dependent grand potential. By f…