Granular materials consist of macroscopic grains, interacting via contact forces, and
unaffected by thermal fluctuations. They are one of a class systems that undergo jamming, ie …

Shear thickening fluid (STF) is a dense colloidal suspension of nanoparticles in a carrier
fluid in which the viscosity increases dramatically with a rise in shear rate. Due to the …

To solve the problem of insufficient protective performance of the existing body armor, an
impact-resistant shear stiffening gel (SSG) with excellent flexibility and formability was …

Surface roughness affects many properties of colloids, from depletion and capillary
interactions to their dispersibility and use as emulsion stabilizers. It also impacts particle …

Dense suspensions of hard particles in a liquid can exhibit strikingly counter-intuitive
behaviour, such as discontinuous shear thickening (DST),,,,,–and reversible shear jamming …

Understanding the response of granular matter to intrusion of solid objects is key to
modelling many aspects of behaviour of granular matter, including plastic flow. Here we …

Conventionally, the shear thickening fluid (STF) is used to improve the ballistic performance
of aramid fabric because its shear thickening property increases the friction of inter-yarns …

Shear thickening is a phenomenon in which the viscosity of a suspension increases with
increasing stress or shear rate, sometimes in a discontinuous fashion. While the …

We study the flow of suspensions of non-Brownian particles dispersed into a Newtonian
solvent. Combining capillary rheometry and conventional rheometry, we evidence a …

This work reports the potential of a full-field, simple-setup and user-interactive method to
study the safeguarding property of shear thickening gel (STG) by converting the invisible …