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On The Road · 11M ago

Some history of LAOS

Detailed historical account of LAOS rheometry can be found else where. I add here only my own interest in obsolete instrument designs. The history of LAOS as a test condition is as old as that of oscillatory shearing rheometry. The … Continue reading →
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On The Road · 11M ago

Book review: Principles of measurement systems

() The principles of measurement should have been much more frequently involved than only when we need to customize an instrument. At present, the measuring techniques have completely digitized. The principles we learnt in undergraduate physics experiment class may not … Continue reading →
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On The Road · 1Y ago

Visiting KIT

I am visiting Prof. M. Whilhelm’s lab here in Karlsruhe Institute of Technology since May 15 until May 22 to be trained of FT-rheology technique. The information of the first two days was rich and I just had time to … Continue reading →
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On The Road · 1Y ago

Problems with our TA ARES strain controlled rheometer

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On The Road · 1Y ago

Some remarks on the too-many-PhD topic

Too many science As Nature started a special issue of it, the too-many-PhD topic reached a new heated status. However I feel that the problem people really worry with is not about PhD, but the whole scientific infrastructure, although this … Continue reading →
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On The Road · 1Y ago

Gap dependent rheology on rotational rheometers

Grenard, V., Taberlet, N., & Manneville, S. (2011). Shear-induced structuration of confined carbon black gels: steady-state features of vorticity-aligned flocs Soft Matter DOI: 10.1039/C0SM01515F Conventional rotational rheometers allow test procedures of varying shear strain/stress, temperature and
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On The Road · 1Y ago

The status of rheology in soft matter research

This is a note of my current understanding. When faced with a piece of material, that is by definition, useful matter, we always want to reproduce it in as large amount as possible. An in the next immediate step, we … Continue reading →
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On The Road · 1Y ago

WordPress 3.1 Post Style Test Post

This is a post for testing the post style function of WordPress 3.x theme TwentyTen, which was made explicit in the recently released WordPress 3.1. Photos: Text: The static structure of 3wt% Laponite +1 mM NaCl was studied[4] by small … Continue reading →
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On The Road · 1Y ago

DOI handler extension for Google Chrome

I assume that the readers here all know what DOI means. Most Firefox users may have known an add-on called mozzila handle/DOI protocol handler (I can’t find it now on Firefox website), with which you can directy paste a DOI … Continue reading →
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On The Road · 1Y ago

More about “Chinese mothers”

Recently Chua’s article “Why Chinese mothers are superior” has been at the top of the “most emailed” list of WSJ and stirred up a heated debate. There are many conspiratorial accusations about whether the author was deliberately selling her new … Continue reading →
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