SPARK: Short Presentations Activating Rapid Knowledge-sharing (flash talk + virtual poster)
FLASH · MAR-M55 · ID: MAR-M55
Each SPARK presenter will prepare a digital poster that will be displayed on a dedicated monitor in the session room. The session will begin with two-minute flash talks by each presenter, followed by a discussion period in which each presenter, standing by their digital poster, will be able to answer questions and engage in in-depth discussions with session attendees. Though the posters will be digital, all SPARK presenters must register for and attend the in person meeting in Denver, CO.
Presentations
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Martensitic-like phase transition between the liquid crystal and crystal states of discotic mesogen HAT6
Poster-In-person
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Presenters
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Nurjahan Khatun
- Rice University
Authors
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Nurjahan Khatun
- Rice University
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Joe Khoury
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Agnes Nkele
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Matteo Pasquali
- Rice University
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Kushal Bagchi
- Rice University
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Influence of Free Surfaces on Polymorph Selection in Vapor-Deposited Glasses of Organic Semiconductors
Poster-In-person
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Presenters
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Chinecherem Nkele
- Rice University
Authors
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Chinecherem Nkele
- Rice University
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Lingyu Wang
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Kushal Bagchi
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How gel architecture controls ductility and dissipation in single and double network gels.
Poster-In-person
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Publication: [1] Colombo, Jader, and Emanuela Del Gado. "Stress localization, stiffening, and yielding in a model colloidal gel." Journal of rheology 58.5 (2014): 1089-1116.
[2] Mugnai, Mauro L., Rose Tchuenkam Batoum, and Emanuela Del Gado. "Interspecies interactions in dual, fibrous gels enable control of gel structure and rheology." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 122.19 (2025): e2423293122.
[3] Rose Tchuenkam Batoum, Mugnai, Mauro L., and Emanuela Del Gado. "Hysteretic behavior in double networks." (Under review, 2025)Presenters
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Rose Tchuenkam
- Georgetown
Authors
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Rose Tchuenkam
- Georgetown
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Mauro Mugnai
- Georgetown University
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Emanuela Gado
- Georgetown University
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Spontaneous Charge-Driven Surface Oscillations of Adhesive Silicone Gels
Poster-In-person
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Presenters
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June Han
- Williams College
Authors
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June Han
- Williams College
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Katrina Smith-Mannschott
- ETH Zurich
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Yazen Oubari
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Beatrice Pedroni
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Rosie Harris
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Meredith Taghon
- University of Massachusetts Amherst
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Katharine Jensen
- Williams College
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Interactions Between Imposed and Spontaneous Conical Singularities in Surgically Motivated Computational Models
Poster-In-person
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Presenters
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Anna Gaffney
- University of Chicago
Authors
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Anna Gaffney
- University of Chicago
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Shai Lerer
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Dongxu Liu
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Vijnna Appasani
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Deqa Muse
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Anna Movsheva
- University of Chicago
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Thomas Witten
- University of Chicago
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Efi Efrati
- Weizmann Institute of Science
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Ka Yee Lee
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Luka Pocivavsek
- University of Chicago
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Nhung Nguyen
- University of Chicago
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Paper marbling in rotation
Poster-In-person
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Presenters
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Yue Sun
- University of Wisconsin-Madison
Authors
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Yue Sun
- University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Athena Rylance
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Chris Rycroft
- University of Wisconsin–Madison
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Functional microfiber fabrication and assembly
Poster-In-person
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Publication: • Hu, X., Greenvall, B.R., Chia, E., Zhang, Z., Nonnenmann, S.S., & Crosby, A.J. Spatiotemporally programmable artificial tendrils actuated by electric fields. (In preparation)
• Hu, X., Einck, V.J., Chia, E., Pagaduan, J.N., Moed, D.E., Emrick, T., Katsumata, R., Nonnenmann, S.S., Watkins, J.J., & Crosby, A.J. (2025) Reversible self-coiling of microfibers with tailored surfaces via elastocapillarity. Small, 21, p. e07151.Presenters
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Xin Hu
- University of Massachusetts Amherst
Authors
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Xin Hu
- University of Massachusetts Amherst
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Alfred Crosby
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Mass Transport in Smectic Condensate Networks Revealed by Flow Imaging
Poster-In-person
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Publication: Browne, C. A., Morimitsu, Y., Kim, N. K., Gopinadhan, M., Sirota, E. B., Altintas, O., ... & Osuji, C. O. (2025). Structural complexity driven by liquid-liquid crystal phase separation of smectics.
Morimitsu, Y., Browne, C. A., Liu, Z., Severino, P. G., Gopinadhan, M., Sirota, E. B., ... & Osuji, C. O. (2024). Spontaneous assembly of condensate networks during the demixing of structured fluids. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 121(39), e2407914121.
Presenters
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Haotian Long
- University of Pennsylvania
Authors
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Haotian Long
- University of Pennsylvania
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Chinedum Osuji
- University of Pennsylvania
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Pure PEDOT:PSS Conductive Microgels
Poster-In-person
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Presenters
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Albert Liu
- University of Michigan- Ann Arbor
Authors
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Albert Liu
- University of Michigan- Ann Arbor
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Sungwan Park
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Interplay of tail length and confinement in the formation of interior loops in flexible chains
Poster-Virtual
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Publication: "Interplay of tail length and confinement in the formation of interior loops in flexible chains"
Vrinda Garg, Rejoy Mathew, Kunal Rai, Jaeoh Shin, and Surya K. Ghosh,
The Journal of Chemical Physics, 13, 163, (2025).
Presenters
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Surya Ghosh
- National Institute of Technology Warangal
Authors
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Surya Ghosh
- National Institute of Technology Warangal
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Vrinda Garg
- National Institute of Technology Warangal
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Rejoy Mathew
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Non-equilibrium Dynamics of Ligase-Fueled DNA Solutions
Poster-In-person
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Presenters
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Emma Riggle
- University of San Diego
Authors
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Emma Riggle
- University of San Diego
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Ashlee McGovern
- University of San Diego
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Dimitra Protopapas
- University of San Diego
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Rae Anderson
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Ryan McGorty
- University of San Diego
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Microscale Shear-Induced Gelation and Relaxation of Shake Gels
Poster-In-person
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Presenters
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Sean O'Keefe
- University of San Diego
Authors
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Sean O'Keefe
- University of San Diego
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Sarah Tsu
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George Degen
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Gareth McKinley
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Rae Robertson-Anderson
- University of San Diego
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Semiflexibility speeds up the translocation of polymers
Poster-Virtual
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Publication: Submitted in "The Journal of Chemical Physics"
Presenters
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Vrinda Garg
- National Institute of Technology, Warangal
Authors
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Vrinda Garg
- National Institute of Technology, Warangal
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Surya Ghosh
- National Institute of Technology Warangal
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Rejoy Mathew
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Andrey Cherstvy
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Heterogeneities in stress buildup and relaxation in contractile actomyosin networks pinned at the boundaries
Poster-In-person
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Presenters
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Aravind Rao Karanam
- Rochester Institute of Technology
Authors
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Aravind Rao Karanam
- Rochester Institute of Technology
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James Clarke
- University of Texas at Austin
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Aniket Marne
- University of Texas at Austin
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James Lee
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Kyla Wong
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José Alvarado
- University of Texas at Austin
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Moumita Das
- Rochester Institute of Technology
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Quantifying Particle Dynamics in 3D with Light Field Microscopy
Poster-In-person
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Presenters
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Gabriel Ambrose
- University of San Diego
Authors
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Gabriel Ambrose
- University of San Diego
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Dylan Gage
- University of San Diego
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Ryan McGorty
- University of San Diego
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Quantifying instability patterns and rheological properites of active nematode suspensions
Poster-In-person
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Presenters
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Miguel Serrato
- University of San Diego
Authors
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Miguel Serrato
- University of San Diego
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Makayla Baker
- University of San Diego
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Evan Zub
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Ryan McGorty
- University of San Diego
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Field-induced Deformation and Coalescence of Droplets Stabilized by Magnetic Particles
Poster-In-person
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Presenters
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Gokul Raman Arumugam Kumar
- University of Delaware
Authors
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Gokul Raman Arumugam Kumar
- University of Delaware
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Nikhil Karthikeyan
- University of Delaware
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Ulf Schiller
- University of Delaware
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Experimental and Numerical Investigations of Buoyant Particle-Stabilized Core-Shell Micro-Capsules
Poster-In-person
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Presenters
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Tristin Nelsen
- University of Minnesota Duluth
Authors
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Tristin Nelsen
- University of Minnesota Duluth
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Laura Adams
- University of Minnesota Duluth
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Broadband and reversible optical limiting via optical trapping in saturated colloidal vapors: an experimental study of dynamic response and intensity limiting threshold.
Poster-In-person
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Publication: Broadband optical limiting via optical trapping-induced colloidal phase transitions.
Presenters
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John Richard Perez
- Lehigh University
Authors
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John Richard Perez
- Lehigh University
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Simin Xia
- Lehigh University
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H Daniel Ou-Yang
- Lehigh University
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Ivan Biaggio
- Lehigh University
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Magnetic Resonance Particle Tracking
Poster-In-person
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Publication: M. Suter, J. P. Metzger, A. Port, C. R. Müller, and K. P. Pruessmann, (2025), p. arXiv:2503.22425.
Presenters
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Mathieu Suter
- ETH Zürich and University of Zürich
Authors
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Mathieu Suter
- ETH Zürich and University of Zürich
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Jens Patrick Metzger
- ETH Zurich and University of Zurich
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Andreas Port
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Christoph Müller
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Klaas Pruessmann
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Influence of Surfactants, Polymers and Proteins on Foam Film Drainage
Poster-In-person
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Publication: 1. Xu, Chenxian, Yiran Zhang, and Vivek Sharma. "Spatiotemporal mapping of nanotopography and thickness transitions of ultrathin foam films." Soft Matter 20, no. 18 (2024): 3719-3727.
2. Xu, Chenxian, Carina D V Martínez Narváez, Patrycja Kotwis, and Vivek Sharma. "Polymer-surfactant complexes impact the stratification and nanotopography of micellar foam films." Langmuir 39, no. 16 (2023): 5761-5770.
3. Hassan, Lena, Chenxian Xu, Michael Boehm, Stefan K. Baier, and Vivek Sharma. "Ultrathin micellar foam films of sodium caseinate protein solutions." Langmuir 39, no. 17 (2023): 6102-6112.Presenters
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Chenxian Xu
- North Carolina State University
Authors
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Chenxian Xu
- North Carolina State University
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Kim Ngo
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Carina Martínez Narváez
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Lena Hassan
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Vivek Sharma
- University of Illinois at Chicago
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Design of viscoelastic fluids with systematically controlled rheological properties
Poster-In-person
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Publication: Jonghyun Hwang, and Howard A. Stone. "Design of model Boger fluids with systematically controlled viscoelastic properties." arXiv preprint arXiv:2509.24180 (2025).
Presenters
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Jonghyun Hwang
- Princeton University
Authors
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Jonghyun Hwang
- Princeton University
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Howard Stone
- Princeton University
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SPARK ePoster Discussion
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