Pluronics, alias poloxamers, are synthetic amphiphilic copolymers owning a triblock
structure with a central hydrophobic poly (propylene oxide)(PPO) segment linked to two …

Directing biological functions is at the heart of next-generation biomedical initiatives in tissue
and immuno-engineering. However, the ambitious goal of engineering complex biological …

Aqueous suspensions of poorly soluble, crystalline drug particles in the sub-micron range
hold the ability to regulate the drug release for a defined period of time after eg …

Measurements of the capillary-driven thinning and breakup of fluid filaments are widely used
to extract the extensional rheological properties of complex materials. For viscoelastic fluids …

Extensional flow properties of polymer solutions in volatile solvents govern many industrially-
relevant coating processes, but existing instrumentation lacks the environment necessary to …

Blood plasma (BP) is a borderline non-Newtonian fluid. Few studies have characterized the
rheology of BP and even less focused on understanding its subtle viscoelastic traits, which …

This study characterized the shear and extensional rheology properties of whey protein fibril
(WPF) dispersions under different heating times (1, 2, 4, 8, and 16 h), fibril lengths obtained …

Capillary-driven thinning of a liquid bridge is commonly used to measure the extensional
rheology of macromolecular solutions for assessment of material sprayability, printability …

We study the extensional flow properties by characterizing the capillarity-driven pinching
dynamics of dense colloidal suspensions at a constant volume fraction ϕ= 0.40 with polymer …

Although processing via external stimuli is a promising technique to tune the structure and
properties of polymeric materials, the impact of magnetic fields on phase transitions in …