Time-dependent yield stress materials abound in nature and in industrial processes.
Examples include clays, light metal alloys, paints and inks, adhesives, gelled waxy crude …

The neural tube is an important model system of morphogenesis representing the
developmental module of out-of-plane epithelial deformation. As the embryonic precursor of …

Additive manufacturing (AM) techniques and so-called 2D materials have undergone an
explosive growth in the past decade. The former opens multiple possibilities in the …

Soft particulate gels are composed of a small amount of particulate matter dispersed in a
continuous fluid phase. The solid components assemble to form a porous matrix, providing …

Nature uses discrete molecular building blocks to form polymers that assemble into
multicomponent, multi-dynamic networks, inside (cytoskeleton) and outside (extracellular …

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 …

Soft materials are usually defined as materials made of mesoscopic entities, often self-
organised, sensitive to thermal fluctuations and to weak perturbations. Archetypal examples …

The concept of a Deborah number is widely used in the study of viscoelastic materials to
represent the ratio of a material relaxation time to the time scale of observation and to …

We use time-resolved mechanical spectroscopy to offer a detailed picture of the gelation
dynamics of cellulose nanocrystal (CNC) suspensions following shear cessation in the …

Thermoset composites are excellent candidates for material extrusion because they shear
thin during extrusion but retain their shape once deposited via a yield stress. However …