Complex Fluids: Movies
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Rapid gelation of blood via self-assembly
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Rapid gelation of blood via self-assembly.
Research of Matt Dowling (2010)
This movie shows a biopolymer (in solution form) that can convert liquid blood into a gel within...
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Flexible magnetic microchains
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Flexible magnetic microchains.
Research of Kunqiang Jiang and Chanda Arya (2010)
This movie shows the beating or wavy motion of flexible magnetic microchains when a magne...
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Reversible gelling and ungelling of oil
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Reversible gelling and ungelling of oil.
Research of Hee-Young Lee, Seung-Won Ko and Kevin Diehn (2009)
This movie shows how we can convert a liquid oil, such as kerose...
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Chaotic motion on water surface
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A third demonstration of the Marangoni effect. Here, small shapes are cut out of cardboard and placed on the surface of water. A volatile organic liquid is added to the wat...
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Self-propelled toy boat
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This movie is another demonstration of the Marangoni effect. Here, a toy boat is placed on the water and a drop of dishwashing soap is added on one end of the boat. This ca...
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Moving pepper flakes
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Water is a fluid with a high surface tension. When a soap solution is added, it reduces the surface tension locally and this can have dramatic results. Here, a drop of soap...
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Superabsorbent gel beads
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Why are disposable diapers so efficient at soaking up liquid? The secret lies in the tiny beads of a polymer gel that are inside the material. Here, the gel beads are remov...
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Adding salt to milk
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What happens when you add salt to milk? As shown by this movie, the milk curdles. In other words, it forms clumps that separate out into a top layer leaving a watery fluid ...
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Rod climbing of viscoelastic fluids
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What happens when you stir a rod in a liquid? If the liquid is water, not much. But if the liquid is a polymer solution, it will appear to climb up the rod as you stir, as ...
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Making Capsules
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This movie shows how to make "capsules". A polymer solution , colored with a blue dye is added dropwise to a beaker filled with soapy water. As soon as the blue drops hit t...
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About Complex Fluids: Movies
The movies collected here are related to the research and teaching activities of the Complex Fluids and Nanomaterials Group at the University of Maryland, College Park. For more information, visit:
http://complexfluids.umd.edu
http://glue.umd.edu/~sraghava
(homepage of PI: Srinivasa R. Raghavan)
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The movies collected here are related to the research and teaching activities of the Complex Fluids and Nanomaterials Group at the University of Maryland, College Park. For more information, visit:
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