RESEARCH VIDEOS

Volume Controlled Cavity Expansion

Below is a short video that explains our experimental VCCE technique that can be used to measure the material properties of soft materials and biological tissues!

Phase Separation

From cells to ice-creams: how does elasticity affect phase separation?

Dynamics of Phase Separation with Nonlinear Elastic Effects, SES 2020

Kothari, M. and Cohen, T., 2020. Effect of Elasticity on Phase Separation in Heterogeneous Systems. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 145, 1041

Displacement-controlled peeling of a soft, adhesive layer

Kothari, M., Lemon, Z.S., Roth, C. and Cohen, T., 2020. Controlled Propagation and Jamming of a Delamination Front. Soft Matter, 16, 9838-9843.

Probing local nonlinear viscoelastic properties in soft materials

Chockalingam, S., Roth, C., Henzel, T., and Cohen, T., 2021. Probing local nonlinear viscoelastic properties in soft materials. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 146, p.104172.