We love interactions, in particular with particles
Our hypothesis from prior work was confirmed: the mechanical load acting on the hydrogel packing determines its creep rate. Very satisfying to see such intuition work out!
J.A. Dijksman, T. Mullin — Soft Matter 20, 4015–4020 (2024)
Traveling to Masseria Salamina for a fantastic setting to do science in small groups. The location was perfect, food was amazing, the pool refreshing, and despite the distraction, lots of science got done. And Bari, the closest major town, has huge grains for coastal protection.
We had a demo at the annual EXPEDITIE NEXT, in Zwolle this time. We’ll be back next year with more fluidized beds, hourglasses, kinetic sand, Janssen effects and maybe more!
T.M.M. Bastiaansen, S. de Vries, B.M.J. Martens, R.T. Benders, E. Vissers, J.A. Dijksman, W.H. Hendriks, M. Thomas, G. Bosch — Cleaner and Circular Bioeconomy 7 (2024)
We were visiting Leeds, UK for the always fantastic Annual European Rheology Conference. There was too much good content to take too many pictures!
K.W. Milc, J.A. Dijksman, R. den Adel, J.P.M. van Duynhoven, C. Terenzi -Food Structure (2024)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foostr.2024.10039210.2139/ssrn.4716987
Visiting Olfa D’Angelo doing hypergravity research on granular materials at ESA / ESTEC in Noordwijk. The museum visit was the cherry on the cake.
Combining rheometry and custom AFM to reveal how adhesive contact forces affect the flow behavior of a suspension.
Z. Farmani, J.A. Dijksman — Powder Technology 434 (2024)
The annual gathering of physicists working in The Netherlands took place again. What a great meeting, as always. The Byzantine location keeps amusing me and there is also plenty of applied physics going on!
The title speaks for itself. Hydrogel spheres are viscoelastic, both under compression and shear.
C. Shakya, J. van der Gucht, J.A. Dijksman — Frontiers in Physics 12 (2024)
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