Experiments on jamming in colloids
Experiments on jamming in colloids
- Event time: 1:00pm
- Event date: 30th June 2003
- Speaker: Mark Haw (University of Edinburgh)
- Location: Room 2511, James Clerk Maxwell Building (JCMB) James Clerk Maxwell Building Peter Guthrie Tait Road Edinburgh EH9 3FD GB
Event details
In the study of the flow of concentrated suspensions and other 'crowded' soft matter systems, a concept that has recently excited much speculation and even a certain amount of science is so-called 'jamming'--the conversion of a liquid into a solid by application of stress. I shall discuss various experiments on jamming in colloids, demonstrating in particular an unexpected 'self-filtration' effect in concentrated hard-sphere suspensions, hopefully convincing you that this is a consequence of 'jamming'. There may also be time for a historical digression on the charming idea that jamming may explain the entire universe.
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