A comprehensive review is presented of the physical behavior of yield stress materials in
soft condensed matter, which encompasses a broad range of materials from colloidal …

In the past twenty years, new experimental approaches, improved models and progress in
simulation techniques have brought new insights into longstanding issues concerning …

Stress-induced fluidization of a simple yield stress fluid, namely a carbopol microgel, is
addressed through extensive rheological measurements coupled to simultaneous …

Despite 5,000 years of metals in technology and 80 years since dislocations were
postulated as the carriers of deformation, we still lack fundamental theories of dislocation …

The stress-induced yielding scenario of colloidal gels is investigated under rough boundary
conditions by means of rheometry coupled with local velocity measurements. Under an …

Biomaterials such as protein or polysaccharide gels are known to behave qualitatively as
soft solids and to rupture under an external load. Combining optical and ultrasonic imaging …

We report on the interplay between creep and residual stresses in a carbopol microgel.
When a constant shear stress σ is applied below the yield stress σ y, the strain is shown to …

Many soft-matter systems show a transition between fluidlike and mechanically solidlike
states when the volume fraction of the material, eg, particles, drops, or bubbles is increased …

We derive exact predictions for universal scaling exponents and scaling functions
associated with the statistics of maximum velocities vm during avalanches described by the …

From soft polymeric gels to hardened cement paste, amorphous solids under constant load
exhibit a pronounced time-dependent deformation called creep. The microscopic …