Welcome to a seminar with RheoMAXESS theme leader Roland Kádár, Chalmers University of Technology!
Title: On the rheology and processing of soft matter
Speaker: Roland Kádár, Chalmers University of Technology!
When: 28 May 2025, 15:00–16:00 plus time for questions and mingle
Where: LINXS, The Loop, Rydbergs torg 4, 224 84 Lund, with digital participation possibility (Zoom). Registered participants (online-only) will receive a Zoom link before the event.
Abstract
’On the Rheology and processing of soft matter’ will be an overview of some the main research themes in my group. Will highlight crucial aspects regarding alignment in soft matter nanostructured systems, how this could for example help fight against antibiotic-resistant bacteria and to create complex nanostructural architectures, pattern formation in complex fluid flows and how we use machine learning techniques in this context. Thereafter the talk will emphasize how all this relates to some of the recent advances in multiscale analysis we have developed at MAX IV.
Bio
Roland is Professor at Chalmers University of Technology in Göteborg, Sweden. He joined the faculty on a tenured position in 2014 and is leading a research group focused on the Rheology and Processing of Soft Matter (www.rheo-chalmers.se). Current research revolves around (i) complex fluids flows, (ii) field-matter interaction in nanostructured fluids for multifunctional properties, and (iii) advanced rheometry. Some research highlights of the group include the development of a new class of antibacterial surfaces (https://news.cision.com/chalmers/r/graphite-nanoplatelets-on-medical-devices-kill-bacteria-and-prevent-infections,c3179198), a novel nanostructure orientation method using magnet arrays (https://news.cision.com/chalmers/r/graphene-spike-mat-and-fridge-magnet-technology-to-fight-against-antibiotic-resistance,c4041029), and novel rheo-SAXS-related techniques (https://www.chalmers.se/en/current/news/ims-new-method-reveals-how-materials-behave-across-multiple-length-scales/). At Chalmers, Roland is Principal Investigator in the Wallenberg Wood Science Centre (WWSC), Vinnova Competence Centre '2D material-based technology for industrial applications' (2D-TECH), and the FibRe Vinnova Competence Centre. In addition to his activities at Chalmers, Roland is also an Affiliated Visiting Research Fellow at the MAX IV Laboratory, Lund University, Sweden, where he is part of the Science Initiative on Advanced Rheological Characterization (www.maxiv.lu.se/rheology). Roland is also a Research Fellow at LINXS Institute for Advanced Neutron and X-ray Science, Lund, Sweden, where he leads a national theme on Advanced Rheometry for Neutron and X-ray Science (https://www.linxs.se/advanced-rheometry-for-neutron-and-x-ray-science). He currently serves as vice-president of the European Society of Rheology (www.rheology-esr.org), as a Nordic representative to the International Committee on Rheology (www.icrrheology.org) and is past-president of the NRC (www.nordicrheologysociety.org).
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