Congratulations Preeti and Vittorio with getting the article out in Biointerphases. Thanks also to Vincent for contributing to this study through his MSc thesis work.
Category Archives: Research
Natural and induced surface roughness determine frictional regimes in hydrogel pairs
The name says it all. Hydrogels come with very different surface roughnesses, which gives them different frictional behavior.
High Field MicroMRI Velocimetric Measurement of Quantitative Local Flow Curves
Combining rheology and NMR/MRI methods is very useful! Check out the results of our collaboration with the Biophysics dept here.
Bruker Tribolab
Welcome new workhorse for the group of Elke Scholten. I’m sure we want to borrow it every now and then!
Oops
Sometimes we want no-slip boundary conditions, but this is a bit too much.
Caliper kick-off
The Caliper project had its first meeting in Amsterdam!
Naval Postgraduate School Visit
Visiting the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California and Abe Clark in particular was huge success. Thanks Neil Causley and Marc Brassard for making this fun as well. And of course thanks Kim for the cookies!
Contact tribology also affects the slow flow behavior of granular emulsions
After years of reviewer agony we finally managed to get our paper on hydrogel suspensions out in the Journal of Rheology!
Mechanics of composite hydrogels approaching phase separation
In an effective collaboration with Renko de Vries and Jasper van der Gucht, we found that model compistes give direct mechanical access to how hydrogel composites are assembled, and how they fail.
Thanks
Thanks to the EU for funding our new ITN “CALIPER” in which we aim to connect 3D experimentalists with DEM experts to improve our understanding of granular materials.
MultiPhase Matters 