The processing of dense suspensions is a crucial step in many industries including mining; the production ceramics; and manufacture pharmaceuticals. It widely reported that these exhibit nonlinear behaviours such as shear thinning thickening, with particle surface contacts recently being accepted primary culprit latter. In light this, modelling community have started to explore role tribology, ...

Molecular theories of shear thickening and shear thinning in associative polymer networks are typically united in that they involve a single kinetic parameter that describes the network -- a relaxation time that is related to the lifetime of the associative bonds. Here we report the steady-shear behavior of two structurally identical metallo-supramolecular polymer networks, for which single-rel...

Shear thickening fluids (STFs) have been shown to improve the effectiveness of fabrics used in soft body armor applications. They are increase puncture and ballistic impact resistance Kevlar® fabrics. However, effect using STFs with natural such as flax appears never studied. Similarly, hybridization different fabric types impregnated STF has also only undergone limited study. The rheology at v...