Dynamics of network fluids

C S Dias; N A M Araújo; M M Telo da Gama

doi:10.1016/j.cis.2017.07.001

Dynamics of network fluids

Adv Colloid Interface Sci. 2017 Sep:247:258-263. doi: 10.1016/j.cis.2017.07.001. Epub 2017 Jul 6.

Authors

C S Dias¹, N A M Araújo², M M Telo da Gama²

Affiliations

¹ Departamento de Física, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal; Centro de Física Teórica e Computacional, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa 1749-016, Portugal. Electronic address: csdias@fc.ul.pt.
² Departamento de Física, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal; Centro de Física Teórica e Computacional, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa 1749-016, Portugal.

PMID: 28802478
DOI: 10.1016/j.cis.2017.07.001

Abstract

Network fluids are structured fluids consisting of chains and branches. They are characterized by unusual physical properties, such as, exotic bulk phase diagrams, interfacial roughening and wetting transitions, and equilibrium and nonequilibrium gels. Here, we provide an overview of a selection of their equilibrium and dynamical properties. Recent research efforts towards bridging equilibrium and non-equilibrium studies are discussed, as well as several open questions.

Keywords: Dynamics; Network fluids; Non-equilibrium.

Publication types

Review