Rheology and Fluid Dynamics Studies

A General High-throughput Mucus Microrheology Platform for Quantitative and Scalable Mucus Phenotyping

This paper introduces a high-throughput mucus microrheology platform using Differential Dynamic Microscopy to quantify mucus properties across various conditions and applications.

Stress-Induced Mechanical Memory in Respiratory Mucus: Anisotropy, Network Reorganization, and Directional Transport

This paper shows lung mucus develops a directional mechanical memory under stress, which persists after the load is removed and reorganizes the network structure.

Stretching mucins: revealing the complex rheology of a natural glycoprotein network

This study investigates the extensional flow behavior of mucin solutions, revealing concentration-dependent changes in filament thinning and extensibility.

Computational rheometry of viscoelastic networks: From random graphs to biomolecular condensates

This paper develops computational rheometry models to study viscoelastic properties of biomolecular condensates using graph-based network simulations.

Microfluidic creep experiment for measuring linear viscoelastic mechanical properties of microparticles in a cross-slot extensional flow device

This paper demonstrates a microfluidic cross-slot device to measure linear viscoelastic properties of microparticles by replicating uniaxial creep tests at high throughput.

Sequence-encoded Spatiotemporal Dependence of Viscoelasticity of Protein Condensates Using Computational Microrheology

This paper introduces a computational microrheology technique to quantify sequence-dependent viscoelasticity of protein condensates formed by intrinsically disordered proteins.

Direct computations of viscoelastic moduli of biomolecular condensates

The paper computes viscoelastic moduli of biomolecular condensates using generalized Rouse models and Monte Carlo simulations, showing that a mixture of single-chain and collective models provides the most accurate results.