New Perspectives on Gel Networks: Combining Rheology with Structural and Spectroscopic Tools

Presentations

• 3D volumetric rheometry of gel networks using optical coherence tomography and digital volume correlation

  Invited-In-person · Invited

  March 18, 2026, 8:00 AM – March 18, 2026, 8:36 AM

  Presenters

  • Stephane Avril

    • Ecole des Mines Saint-Etienne

  Authors

  • Stephane Avril

    • Ecole des Mines Saint-Etienne

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• NMR-based molecular rheology and structural characterization of model gels

  Invited-In-person · Invited

  March 18, 2026, 8:36 AM – March 18, 2026, 9:12 AM

  Publication: .

  Presenters

  • Kay Saalwaechter

    • University of Halle-Wittenberg

  Authors

  • Kay Saalwaechter

    • University of Halle-Wittenberg

  • Bidit Lamsal

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• Understanding polymer–colloid gels: a solvent perspective using low-field NMR

  Oral-In-person

  March 18, 2026, 9:12 AM – March 18, 2026, 9:24 AM

  Publication: Rheological properties of acid‑induced carboxymethylcellulose hydrogels; DOI: 10. 1007/ s10570- 024- 06330-9
  Acid-Induced Gelation of Carboxymethylcellulose Solutions; DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.3c00677

  Presenters

  • Guilhem Baeza

    • Université Jean Monnet

  Authors

  • Léo Hervéou

  • Gauthier Legrand

  • Thibaut Divoux

    • CNRS

  • Guilhem Baeza

    • Université Jean Monnet

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• LAOStrain response of carbon black-polymer hydrogels: insights from rheo-TRUSAXS and rheo-electric experiment

  Oral-In-person

  March 18, 2026, 9:24 AM – March 18, 2026, 9:36 AM

  Publication: arXiv:2509.08966

  Presenters

  • Thibaut Divoux

    • CNRS

  Authors

  • Gauthier Legrand

  • Guilhem Baeza

    • Université Jean Monnet

  • William Chèvremont

  • Sebastien Manneville

    • Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon

  • Thibaut Divoux

    • CNRS

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• Hierarchical ABA triblock hydrogels: Midblock entanglement governs mechanics

  Oral-In-person

  March 18, 2026, 9:36 AM – March 18, 2026, 9:48 AM

  Presenters

  • Sathika Arachchige

    • Pennsylvania State University

  Authors

  • Sathika Arachchige

    • Pennsylvania State University

  • Robert Hickey

    • Pennsylvania State University

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• Breaking Down ‘Tough’ Colloidal Gels: A Close-Up View

  Oral-In-person

  March 18, 2026, 9:48 AM – March 18, 2026, 10:00 AM

  Presenters

  • Savannah Gowen

    • ETH Zurich

  Authors

  • Savannah Gowen

    • ETH Zurich

  • Florence Müller

  • Pierre Lehéricey

  • Jan Vermant

    • ETH Zurich

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• Complexation of Hyaluronic Acid with Peptide-Based Supramolecular Hydrogel: Kinetic Pathway Dictates Electrostatic Complex Properties

  Oral-In-person

  March 18, 2026, 10:00 AM – March 18, 2026, 10:12 AM

  Presenters

  • Haozhe Zheng

    • University of Delaware

  Authors

  • Haozhe Zheng

    • University of Delaware

  • Aderonke Ajongbolo

  • Sigrid Langhans

  • Darrin Pochan

    • University of Delaware

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• Ionic modulation of IPN formation and recovery in hyaluronic acid/κ-carrageenan hydrogels: Insights from echo-DWS microrheology, bulk rheology and FTIR

  Oral-In-person

  March 18, 2026, 10:12 AM – March 18, 2026, 10:24 AM

  Publication: Akin-Ige, Foluso and Rivera, Cindy and De Gennaro, Valentina and Faroud Rivera, Yael and Amin, Samiul, Charge density-driven IPN formation and recovery in hyaluronic acid/κ-carrageenan hydrogels: Novel insights from echo-DWS microrheology, bulk rheology and FTIR. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5576232 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5576232

  Presenters

  • Foluso Adeosun

    • University of Miami

  Authors

  • Foluso Adeosun

    • University of Miami

  • Cindy Rivera

  • Valentina de Gennaro

  • Yael Faroud Rivera

    • University of Miami

  • Samiul Amin

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• Elastic recoil and inertia-driven dynamics upon shear cessation of conductive carbon black gels: a rheo-XPCS study

  Oral-In-person

  March 18, 2026, 10:24 AM – March 18, 2026, 10:36 AM

  Publication: D. S. Schmidt, T. Kraus, L. González-García, Electrofluids with Tailored Rheoelectrical Properties: Liquid Composites with Tunable Network Structures as Stretchable Conductors, ACS Appl. Matter. Interfaces, 2024, 16, 43942-43950

  Presenters

  • Gunwoo Park

    • INM-Leibniz Institute for New Materials

  Authors

  • Gunwoo Park

    • INM-Leibniz Institute for New Materials

  • Dominik Schmidt

  • Bart-Jan Niebuur

  • Lola González-García

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• Unraveling the Impact of Mechanism and Stoichiometry on Network Heterogeneity in Thiol-Ene Photopolymerizations

  Oral-In-person

  March 18, 2026, 10:36 AM – March 18, 2026, 10:48 AM

  Publication: Submitted manuscript: "The Influence of Thiol-Ene Mechanism on Polymer Network Topology"

  Presenters

  • Rithwik Ghanta

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  Authors

  • Rithwik Ghanta

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Brandon Jeong

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Alexa Kuenstler

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Antonia Statt

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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• Microscopic Relaxations of Polystyrene Solutions Cross-Linked by Dynamic Imine Bonds

  Oral-In-person

  March 18, 2026, 10:48 AM – March 18, 2026, 11:00 AM

  Presenters

  • Dana Ezzeddine

    • Florida State University

  Authors

  • Dana Ezzeddine

    • Florida State University

  • Ralm Ricarte

    • Florida State University

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