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Magnetic handshake materials as a scale-invariant platform for programmed self-assembly
Flight of the fruit fly
Fluid dynamics and control of insect flight
Tunable Shear Thickening
Shear thickening fluids like mixtures of cornstarch and water, or oobleck, are not only fun to play with but also have applications ranging from 3D printing to body armor and shock absorption. However, the rapid increase in the viscosity with the shear rate, the very property that makes these suspensions so interesting for industrial applications also leads to jamming and failure of processing equipment. Thus, it is essential to find a method to control and tune the viscosity of these shear thickening suspensions.
Here we discuss the various methods that we are working on to tune the viscosity of these shear thickening suspensions.
Using Acoustic Perturbations to Dynamically Tune Shear Thickening in Colloidal Suspensions
Capillary Origami with Atomically Thin Membranes
Cell Sized Robots with Curiosity Daily Podcast
Listen to this interview on cell-sized robots with Curiosity Daily Podcast, the first installment of their 'Microscale Monday' series.