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Gap dependent rheology on rotational rheometers

Grenard, V., Taberlet, N., & Manneville, S. (2011). Shear-induced structuration of confined carbon black gels: steady-state features of vorticity-aligned flocs Soft Matter DOI: 10.1039/C0SM01515F Conventional rotational rheometers allow test procedures of varying shear strain/stress, temperature and time, corresponding to multiple … Continue reading

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Boukany, P., Hemminger, O., Wang, S., & Lee, L. (2010). Molecular Imaging of Slip in Entangled DNA Solution Physical Review Letters, 105 (2) DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.027802 About the paper Prof. Shiqing Wang (王十庆) have long been interested in observing the event … Continue reading

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Near Hookian behavior and negative G” values in soft colloids

Abstract In this post an observation of negative G” values in a dynamic test of a sample is describes. A preliminary explanation for the result is provided by the author. A negative value of G” is rheologically meaningless It is … Continue reading

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