Colloidal gels result from the aggregation of Brownian particles suspended in a solvent.
Gelation is induced by attractive interactions between individual particles that drive the …

While nature behaves like an irreversible network with respect to entropy and time, certain
systems in nature exist that are, to some extent, reversible. The property of reversibility …

The kinetics of heat-induced gelation and the microscopic dynamics of a hen egg white gel
are probed using x-ray photon correlation spectroscopy along with ultrasmall-angle x-ray …

Nucleation processes are at the heart of a large number of phenomena, from cloud
formation to protein crystallization. A recently emerging area where nucleation is highly …

Many-body forces play a prominent role in structure and dynamics of matter, but their role is
not well understood in many cases due to experimental challenges. Here, we demonstrate …

Colloidal gels are widely applied in industry due to their rheological character—no flow
takes place below the yield stress. Such property enables gels to maintain uniform …

Brownian motion (BM) is pivotal in natural science for the stochastic motion of microscopic
droplets. In this study, we investigate BM driven by thermal composition noise at submicro …

Highly monodisperse polystyrene/poly (N-isopropylmethacrylamide)(PS-PNIPMAM) core–
shell composite microgels were synthesized and further nanoengineered in either …

We study the kinetics of the liquid–liquid phase separation (LLPS) and its arrest in protein
solutions exhibiting a lower critical solution temperature (LCST) phase behavior using the …

The formation of the hydrogel poly (N-isopropylacrylamide)–clay (LAPONITE®) by redox
polymerization was investigated, and the main factors governing the gel build-up were …