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CURRENT OPINION IN COLLOID & INTERFACE SCIENCE
Volume 19, Issue 6, Pages 561-574Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE LONDON
DOI: 10.1016/j.cocis.2014.09.007
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Soft colloids; Viscoelasticity; Microgels; Star polymers; Glass/Jamming; Depletion; Particle elasticity; Viscosity; Yield stress/strain; Flow curves
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- Michelin Chair
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In the last two decades, advances in synthetic, experimental and modeling/simulation methodologies have considerably enhanced our understanding of colloidal suspension rheology and put the field at the forefront of soft matter research. Recent accomplishments include the ability to tailor the flow of colloidal materials via controlled changes of particle microstructure and interactions. Whereas hard sphere suspensions have been the most widely studied colloidal system, there is no richer type of particles than soft colloids in this respect. Yet, despite the remarkable progress in the field, many outstanding challenges remain in our quest to link particle microstructure to macroscopic properties and eventually design appropriate soft composites. Addressing them will provide the route towards novel responsive systems with hierarchical structures and multiple functionalities. Here we discuss the key structural and rheological parameters which determine the tunable rheology of dense soft deformable colloids. We restrict our discussion to non-crystallizing suspensions of spherical particles without electrostatic or enthalpic interactions. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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