New method to mechano-spectroscopically investigate the transient evolution of a complex-fluid's microstructure subjected to a non-linear deformation or flow

Project description

Material testing inspired by animal sounds

Complex fluids, a family of multiphase fluids, are ubiquitous across a wide array of industrial products including cement, food, cosmetics, and pharmaceuticals. Characterising their strength and elasticity when subject to an applied force is often not simple as their properties can vary widely. Cataloguing the whole range of material properties is time consuming. EU funding of the OrthoChirp project will enable researchers to improve characterisation of soft material properties. The focus will be on combining the optimally windowed chirp, a technique inspired by the sound sequences of certain animals with superposition flows in rheology. These techniques will be used to test the properties of gelling polymers, proteins, colloidal gels or any other ‘mutating’ soft materials.

Fields of science

• natural sciences › biological sciences › biochemistry › biomolecules › proteins
• natural sciences › chemical sciences › polymer sciences
• engineering and technology › materials engineering
• engineering and technology › chemical engineering

Programme(s)

• H2020-EU.1.3. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Main Programme
• H2020-EU.1.3.2. - Nurturing excellence by means of cross-border and cross-sector mobility

Topic(s)

• MSCA-IF-2018 - Individual Fellowships

Call for proposal

H2020-MSCA-IF-2018

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Funding Scheme

MSCA-IF-EF-ST - Standard EF

Coordinator

KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN

Net EU contribution

€ 178 320,00

Address

Oude Markt 13
3000 Leuven
Belgium

Region

Vlaams Gewest › Prov. Vlaams-Brabant › Arr. Leuven

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

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Other funding

€ 0,00