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Roland Kádár IMS, promotion lecture for Professor in Rheology

Title of the lecture: Rheology and Processing of Soft Matter

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  • Date:Starts 24 March 2023, 10:00Ends 24 March 2023, 11:00
  • Seats available:100
  • Language:English
Roland Kadar

Roland is Associate Professor at Chalmers University of Technology in Göteborg, Sweden. He obtained his Batchelor degree in Mechanical Engineering, as faculty valedictorian, and Masters degree in Biomedical Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Bucharest. In 2010 he obtained his PhD degree working on dynamics of simple and complex fluids from the same university. Roland then moved as postdoctoral researcher to the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). He joined Chalmers in 2014 where he is leading a research group focused on the Rheology and Processing of Soft Matter. Roland is PI in the Wallenberg Wood Science Centre (WWSC 2.0), the 2D-TECH and FibRe Vinnova Competence Centres. In addition to his activities at Chalmers, Roland is currently the President of the Nordic Rheology Society and elected member representative of the European Society of Rheology.

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Abstract:

Polymers, gels, colloids, emulsions, liquid crystals, surfactants, adhesives, foams etc. are all examples of soft matter. The processing of soft matter into products typically involves rheologically complex fluids in complex flow configurations. Thus, understanding flow-field-matter/compositional interactions in relation to fundamental rheological properties is essential for obtaining products with favorable performance. In this framework, the four current pillars of our research are: 
(i) Dynamics of complex fluids perspective to materials science research, with the focus on pattern formation in flows; 
(ii) Field-filler interaction in nanostructured fluids, or in other words how to induced using field-structure interactions for optimal performance. This is a focus area of (ii). 
(iii) Multifunctional properties in (especially) nano-structured composites comes as a natural extension of (ii), since processing induced morphology is of paramount importance for the ultimate properties of materials; 
(iv) Advanced rheometry, refers to the application of advanced characterization techniques to applied material research problems. The seminar will comprise a very general overview of at least some of these activities.