This paper reviews current knowledge about the rheology and applications of highly
concentrated molten polymers, focusing on hard particles with sizes ranging from several …

Shear thickening is a phenomenon in which the viscosity of a suspension increases with
increasing stress or shear rate, sometimes in a discontinuous fashion. While the …

Particles suspended in a Newtonian fluid raise the viscosity and also generally give rise to a
shear-rate dependent rheology. In particular, pronounced shear thickening may be …

Discontinuous shear thickening (DST) observed in many dense athermal suspensions has
proven difficult to understand and to reproduce by numerical simulation. By introducing a …

We propose a simple model, supported by contact-dynamics simulations as well as rheology
and friction measurements, that links the transition from continuous to discontinuous shear …

Quantitative modelling of the rheology of non-Newtonian fluids requires significant empirical
input due to very complex behaviour of the bulk fluid as a result of particle-scale physics of …

Shear thickening, an increase of viscosity with shear rate, is a ubiquitous phenomenon in
suspended materials that has implications for broad technological applications. Controlling …

A conventional aqueous electrolyte is a crucial component of zinc-ion batteries providing an
ion conductive medium. However, the monofunction of a liquid electrolyte cannot bear any …

We study the emergence of discontinuous shear thickening (DST) in cornstarch by
combining macroscopic rheometry with local magnetic resonance imaging measurements …

We consider the shear rheology of concentrated suspensions of non-Brownian frictional
particles. The key result of our study is the emergence of a pronounced shear-thickening …