DSOFT Early-Career Award and Colloids and Granular Materials

Presentations

• Soft Matter Award- Bending, buckling and stretching of soft bio-colloidal networks

  ORAL · Invited

  March 17, 2025, 2:30 PM – March 17, 2025, 3:06 PM

  Presenters

  • Lilian C Hsiao

    North Carolina State University

  Authors

  • Lilian C Hsiao

    North Carolina State University

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• Biopolymer-like Stress-Stiffening in Soft Composites with a Near-Jamming Filler Network

  ORAL

  March 17, 2025, 3:06 PM – March 17, 2025, 3:18 PM

  Publication: [1] Nat Commun 15, 1691 (2024).

  Presenters

  • Yiqiu Zhao

    The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), Department of Physics, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

  Authors

  • Yiqiu Zhao

    The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), Department of Physics, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

  • Chang Xu

    The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Department of Physics, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

  • Haitao HU

    Department of Physics, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

  • Qin XU

    The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), Department of Physics, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

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• Erythrocyte sedimentation: Collapse of a soft-particle gel

  ORAL

  March 17, 2025, 3:18 PM – March 17, 2025, 3:30 PM

  Publication: T. John, L. Kaestner, C. Wagner, A. Darras<br>Early Stage of Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate Test: Fracture of a High-volume-fraction Gel <br>PNAS Nexus, pgad416 (2024)<br>DOI: 10.1093/pnasnexus/pgad416

  Presenters

  • Christian Wagner

    Saarland University

  Authors

  • Christian Wagner

    Saarland University

  • Alexis Darras

    University des Saarlandes

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• Tiny stir bar reveals growing length scale as the colloidal glass transition is approached

  ORAL

  March 17, 2025, 3:30 PM – March 17, 2025, 3:42 PM

  Presenters

  • Piotr Habdas

    Saint Joseph's University

  Authors

  • Piotr Habdas

    Saint Joseph's University

  • Eric R Weeks

    Emory University

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• Capillary tweezers for manipulating colloidal particles

  ORAL

  March 17, 2025, 3:42 PM – March 17, 2025, 3:54 PM

  Presenters

  • Ahmed Sherif

    Harvard University

  Authors

  • Ahmed Sherif

    Harvard University

  • Yizhe Sun

    Harvard University

  • Nick J Hol

    Eindhoven University of Technology

  • Charles Liu

    Harvard University

  • Vinothan N Manoharan

    Harvard University

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• Spin defect motion at interfaces of spin domains in buckled colloidal crystals

  ORAL

  March 17, 2025, 3:54 PM – March 17, 2025, 4:06 PM

  Presenters

  • Aaron L Galper

    Harvey Mudd College

  Authors

  • Aaron L Galper

    Harvey Mudd College

  • Henrik N Barck

    Harvey Mudd College

  • Conor M Floyd

    Harvey Mudd College

  • Sharon J Gerbode

    Harvey Mudd College

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• Dislocation and grain boundary motion in buckled colloidal monolayers

  ORAL

  March 17, 2025, 4:06 PM – March 17, 2025, 4:18 PM

  Presenters

  • Henrik N Barck

    Harvey Mudd College

  Authors

  • Henrik N Barck

    Harvey Mudd College

  • Conor M Floyd

    Harvey Mudd College

  • Aaron L Galper

    Harvey Mudd College

  • Ian G McGuire

    Harvey Mudd College

  • Sharon J Gerbode

    Harvey Mudd College

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• Defect dynamics and melting behavior of colloidal antiferromagnetic tetratic phase confined in quasi-2d

  ORAL

  March 17, 2025, 4:18 PM – March 17, 2025, 4:30 PM

  Presenters

  • Michio Tanaka

    University of Pennsylvania

  Authors

  • Michio Tanaka

    University of Pennsylvania

  • Yihao Chen

    University of Pennsylvania

  • Analisa Hill

    University of Pennsylvania

  • Arjun G Yodh

    University of Pennsylvania

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• Defect motion and spin domain coarsening in buckled colloid simulations

  ORAL

  March 17, 2025, 4:30 PM – March 17, 2025, 4:42 PM

  Presenters

  • Conor M Floyd

    Harvey Mudd College

  Authors

  • Conor M Floyd

    Harvey Mudd College

  • Henrik N Barck

    Harvey Mudd College

  • Aaron L Galper

    Harvey Mudd College

  • Ian G McGuire

    Harvey Mudd College

  • Sharon J Gerbode

    Harvey Mudd College

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• Using a Stochastic Kinetic Theory to quantify the fluctuations and correlations in charged systems

  ORAL

  March 17, 2025, 4:42 PM – March 17, 2025, 4:54 PM

  Presenters

  • Gaurang Shukla

    Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

  Authors

  • Gaurang Shukla

    Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

  • Patrick T Underhill

    Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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• Aggregation and Cluster Composition in Latex-Pigment Mixtures: A Particle Simulation Study

  ORAL

  March 17, 2025, 4:54 PM – March 17, 2025, 5:06 PM

  Presenters

  • Ashley R Knoerdel

    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  Authors

  • Ashley R Knoerdel

    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • John K Riley

    Dow Chemical

  • Steven G Arturo

    Dow Chemical Company, The Dow Chemical Compnay, Dow Chemical

  • Antonia Statt

    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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• Dynamics of granular rafts under continuous shear

  ORAL

  March 17, 2025, 5:06 PM – March 17, 2025, 5:18 PM

  Presenters

  • Maniya Maleki

    University of Pennsylvania

  Authors

  • Maniya Maleki

    University of Pennsylvania

  • Larry K Galloway

    CertainTeed, (formerly at University of Pennsylvania)

  • Douglas J Jerolmack

    University of Pennsylvania

  • Paulo E. Arratia

    University of Pennsylvania

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• Angle of repose of a frictionless pile of microscopic, cohesive oil droplets

  ORAL

  March 17, 2025, 5:18 PM – March 17, 2025, 5:30 PM

  Presenters

  • Yasaman Heshmatzadeh

    McMaster University

  Authors

  • Yasaman Heshmatzadeh

    McMaster University

  • Kari Dalnoki-Veress

    McMaster University

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