Yield stress materials in soft condensed matter

D Bonn, MM Denn, L Berthier, T Divoux… - Reviews of Modern …, 2017 - APS
A comprehensive review is presented of the physical behavior of yield stress materials in
soft condensed matter, which encompasses a broad range of materials from colloidal …

The role of local structure in dynamical arrest

CP Royall, SR Williams - Physics Reports, 2015 - Elsevier
Amorphous solids, or glasses, are distinguished from crystalline solids by their lack of long-
range structural order. At the level of two-body structural correlations, glassformers show no …

In search of colloidal hard spheres

CP Royall, WCK Poon, ER Weeks - Soft Matter, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
We recently reviewed the experimental determination of the volume fraction, ϕ, of hard-
sphere colloids, and concluded that the absolute value of ϕ was unlikely to be known to …

The statistical mechanics of dynamic pathways to self-assembly

S Whitelam, RL Jack - Annual review of physical chemistry, 2015 - annualreviews.org
This review describes some important physical characteristics of the pathways (ie,
dynamical processes) by which molecular, nanoscale, and micrometer-scale self-assembly …

Suspensions and hydrogels of cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs): characterization using microscopy and rheology

AA Moud, M Kamkar, A Sanati-Nezhad, SH Hejazi - Cellulose, 2022 - Springer
Cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) are rapidly increasingly used nanomaterials with a large
surface area, outstanding mechanical characteristics, and the capacity to exhibit variable …

Real space analysis of colloidal gels: Triumphs, challenges and future directions

CP Royall, MA Faers, SL Fussell… - Journal of Physics …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Colloidal gels constitute an important class of materials found in many contexts and with a
wide range of applications. Yet as matter far from equilibrium, gels exhibit a variety of time …

A micro-mechanical study of coarsening and rheology of colloidal gels: Cage building, cage hopping, and Smoluchowski's ratchet

RN Zia, BJ Landrum, WB Russel - Journal of Rheology, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
We study via theory and dynamical simulation the evolving structure, particle dynamics, and
time-dependent rheological properties of an aging colloidal gel, with a focus on the micro …

Microdynamics and arrest of coarsening during spinodal decomposition in thermoreversible colloidal gels

Y Gao, J Kim, ME Helgeson - Soft Matter, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Coarsening and kinetic arrest of colloidal systems undergoing spinodal decomposition (SD)
is a conserved motif for forming hierarchical, bicontinuous structures. Although the …

Delayed yield in colloidal gels: Creep, flow, and re-entrant solid regimes

BJ Landrum, WB Russel, RN Zia - Journal of Rheology, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
We investigate the phenomenon of delayed yield in reversible colloidal gels via dynamic
simulation, with a view toward revealing the microscopic particle dynamics and structural …

Cellulose nanocrystal structure in the presence of salts

AA Moud, M Arjmand, J Liu, Y Yang, A Sanati-Nezhad… - Cellulose, 2019 - Springer
Aggregation and gelation of cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) induced by magnesium chloride
(MgCl 2) are investigated as a function of CNC and MgCl 2 concentrations. Transmission …