Rheology of Soft Materials

Daniel T.N. Chen, Qi Wen, Paul A. Janmey, John C. Crocker, Arjun G. Yodh
2010 Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics  
Research on soft materials, including colloidal suspensions, glasses, pastes, emulsions, foams, polymer networks, liquid crystals, granular materials, and cells, has captured the interest of scientists and engineers in fields ranging from physics and chemical engineering to materials science and cell biology. Recent advances in rheological methods to probe mechanical responses of these complex media have been instrumental for producing new understanding of soft matter and for generating novel
more » ... chnological applications. This review surveys these technical developments and current work in the field, with partial aim to illustrate open questions for future research.
doi:10.1146/annurev-conmatphys-070909-104120 fatcat:a7xnlc7yubfnlldcydixqv5v3i