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Soft matter in the loop

Nature Physics volume 19, pages 1554–1555 (2023)Cite this article

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Currently, a general framework explaining the fundamental dynamic transitions from solid to fluid of mechanically probed soft materials is lacking. Now, a unifying van der Waals-like model is proposed that describes the dynamic solid–liquid transition in the rheology of these materials.

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Fig. 1: Unifying van der Waals-like diagram for the yielding dynamics of soft materials.

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Oikonomeas-Koppasis, N., Schall, P. Soft matter in the loop. Nat. Phys. 19, 1554–1555 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-023-02227-9

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