How softness matters in soft nanogels and nanogel assemblies

A Scotti, MF Schulte, CG Lopez, JJ Crassous… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Softness plays a key role in determining the macroscopic properties of colloidal systems,
from synthetic nanogels to biological macromolecules, from viruses to star polymers …

[HTML][HTML] Synthetic and biopolymeric microgels: Review of similarities and difference in behaviour in bulk phases and at interfaces

DZ Akgonullu, BS Murray, SD Connell, Y Fang… - Advances in Colloid and …, 2023 - Elsevier
This review discusses the current knowledge of interfacial and bulk interactions of
biopolymeric microgels in relation to the well-established properties of synthetic microgels …

Data-driven physics-informed constitutive metamodeling of complex fluids: A multifidelity neural network (MFNN) framework

M Mahmoudabadbozchelou, M Caggioni… - Journal of …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
In this work, we introduce a comprehensive machine-learning algorithm, namely, a
multifidelity neural network (MFNN) architecture for data-driven constitutive metamodeling of …

Designing and transforming yield-stress fluids

AZ Nelson, KS Schweizer, BM Rauzan… - Current Opinion in Solid …, 2019 - Elsevier
We review progress in designing and transforming multi-functional yield-stress fluids and
give a perspective on the current state of knowledge that supports each step in the design …

Microgels adsorbed at liquid–liquid interfaces: A joint numerical and experimental study

F Camerin, MA Fernández-Rodríguez, L Rovigatti… - ACS …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Soft particles display highly versatile properties with respect to hard colloids and even more
so at fluid–fluid interfaces. In particular, microgels, consisting of a cross-linked polymer …

An interfacial wetting water based hydrogel electrolyte for high-voltage flexible quasi solid-state supercapacitors

TC Liu, S Sutarsis, XY Zhong, WC Lin, SH Chou… - Energy Storage …, 2021 - Elsevier
The development of eco-friendly and light-weighted solid-state electrolytes with a wide
electrochemical window is critical to apply flexible energy storage devices for powering …

Variations of the Herschel–Bulkley exponent reflecting contributions of the viscous continuous phase to the shear rate-dependent stress of soft glassy materials

M Caggioni, V Trappe, PT Spicer - Journal of Rheology, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
We explore the flow behavior of concentrated emulsions for which the viscosity of the
continuous phase can be significantly varied by changing the temperature. The exponents …

Thermoresponsive and biocompatible poly (N-isopropylacrylamide)–cellulose nanocrystals hydrogel for cell growth

A Trubetskaya, J Leppiniemi, S Lipponen… - Materials …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
We describe herein a poly (N-isopropylacrylamide)(PNIPAAm)–cellulose nanocrystals
(CNC) hydrogel as thermoresponsive and biocompatible material. The hydrogel was …

Characterization of the volume fraction of soft deformable microgels by means of small-angle neutron scattering with contrast variation

A Scotti - Soft Matter, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The volume occupied by colloids in a suspension–namely the volume fraction–is the
thermodynamic variable that determines the phase behavior of these systems. While for …

Soft glassy materials with tunable extensibility

S Sen, RR Fernandes, RH Ewoldt - Soft Matter, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Extensibility is beyond the paradigm of classical soft glassy materials, and more broadly,
yield-stress fluids. Recently, model yield-stress fluids with significant extensibility have been …