Flow can induce reversible and irreversible structural changes in dispersions. The analysis
of flow effects on microstructure and rheology remains one of the challenging problems in …

We attempt a classification of different colloidal gels based on colloid–colloid interactions.
We discriminate primarily between non-equilibrium and equilibrium routes to gelation, the …

Steady and oscillatory rheology was utilized to study the mechanical response of colloidal
glasses and gels with particular emphasis in their yielding behaviour. We used a …

Dynamic light scattering (DLS) is a very popular technique for the measurement of particle
size distributions in colloidal suspensions and emulsions. According instrumentation is …

Soft solids with tunable mechanical response are at the core of new material technologies,
but a crucial limit for applications is their progressive aging over time, which dramatically …

Pastes are materials intermediate between solids and liquids which are of great practical
interest as they keep the shape they have been given. Despite their various internal …

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 …

Nanohybrid hydrogels based on pristine graphene with enhanced toughness and dual
responsive drug delivery feature is opening a new era for smart materials. Here pristine …

Many high-concentration multiphase materials that are industrially and academically
important do not reach thermodynamic equilibrium because of kinetic constraints originating …

Many household and industrially important soft colloidal materials, such as pastes,
concentrated suspensions and emulsions, foams, slurries, inks, and paints, are very viscous …