Shear flow dynamics play a crucial role in determining the microstructural evolution and mechanical stability of colloidal aggregates. Under an imposed shear, the interplay between hydrodynamic forces ...

The destruction of red blood cells, or mechanical hemolysis, is an inevitable complication of interventional devices, so scientists want to gain a better understanding of the phenomenon. Researchers ...

Researchers have simulated supercooled liquids subjected to Couette shear flow. The rapid drop in viscosity under shear was related to the liquids' two-body structural entropy. The study showed that ...

Endothelial cells (ECs) are constantly exposed to mechanical forces generated by blood flow. Different shear forces induce distinct cellular responses. Disturbed flow is associated with vascular ...

Tokyo - Researchers at The University of Tokyo discover that the two-body structural entropy is the key quantity to understanding the dynamics of sheared supercooled liquids and also the mechanism ...