Investigating Nanostructural Features: Rheology on Particle Filled Systems

摘要

The rheology laboratory at the Medical University Vienna is especially equipped to perform a variety of rheological measurements ranging from blood rheology to rheology of technical nanocomposite systems. This exciting field of research is accessed through the combination of two approaches: lessons learnt from polymer solutions are transformed and applied to biological suspensions (e.g. blood or cell culture systems), and - vice versa - the behaviour of systems containing living cells provides new input for the understanding of polymer resins containing solid particles (e.g. composite resins).