2 papers
cond-mat.soft2024
Active particles knead three-dimensional gels into open crumbs
Martin Cramer Pedersen, Sourav Mukherjee, Amin Doostmohammadi +2
Colloidal gels are prime examples of functional materials exhibiting disordered, amorphous, yet meta-stable forms. They maintain stability through short-range attractive forces and…
cond-mat.soft2023
Necking and failure of a colloidal gel arm: signatures of yielding on different length scales
Kristian Thijssen, T. B. Liverpool, C. Patrick Royall +1
Colloidal gels consist of percolating networks of interconnected arms. Their mechanical properties depend on the individual arms, and on their collective behaviour. We use numerica…