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The Society of Rheology Turns 97: Colloids and Soft Matter Head to Boston This October
The 97th Annual Meeting of The Society of Rheology runs October 25-29 in Boston. The poster and Gallery of Rheology deadline is August 14 — here is why colloid and soft matter researchers should look.
Moving the Magnet Off-Center: Designing What a Colloid Builds
Group member Jonathan Victoria-Camacho shows that shifting a magnetic particle's dipole away from its center changes which structures it assembles into — loops, worms, chains, and more.
Why Some Colloids Stay Suspended and Others Clump: DLVO Theory and the Electric Double Layer
Whether milk stays milky or mud settles out comes down to a contest between two forces acting across nanometers. DLVO theory keeps the score.
How Particle Size Ratio Reshapes a Magnetic Colloidal Suspension
APS DFD 2026 Heads to Orlando — Why the Soft Matter and Colloidal Community Should Be There
What the Péclet Number Tells Us About Particle Transport
From Target to Particle: Inverse Design Comes to Colloidal Self-Assembly
Generative models, surrogate optimization, and reinforcement learning are flipping the colloidal self-assembly workflow from forward to reverse.
One Hundred Years of Colloid Science: The ACS CSSS Centennial Convenes at Delaware
The 100th ACS Colloid and Surface Science Symposium meets June 21–24 at the University of Delaware — a centennial edition with special historical programming and the full breadth of the field on the agenda.
Sensory Delay as a Feature: Janus Microswimmers That Adapt to Light and Chemistry
New Janus microswimmers self-regulate propulsion speed in response to light and dissolved chemicals. A built-in sensory delay makes their localization sharper, not slower.
Diffusiophoresis: When a Concentration Gradient Moves a Particle
A dissolved salt can push colloidal particles without any fluid flow. Diffusiophoresis explains the mechanism — and why it matters across soft matter.