From Paint to Pastes, Physicists Capture Microscopic Origins of Thinning and Thickening Fluids
Monday, September 5, 2011 - 23:00
in Physics & Chemistry
In things thick and thin: Cornell physicists explain how fluids - such as paint or paste - behave by observing how micron-sized suspended particles dance in real time. Using high-speed microscopy, the scientists unveil how these particles are responding to fluid flows from shear - a specific way of stirring.
