2018 CAP Congress / Congrès de l'ACP 2018

Session

T-Plen-1 - Plenary Session - (J.Dutcher, Guelph U.) | Session pléniaire (J. Dutcher, Guelph U.)

T-Plen-1

12 Jun 2018, 09:15

Dalhousie University

Conveners

T-Plen-1 - Plenary Session - (J.Dutcher, Guelph U.) | Session pléniaire (J. Dutcher, Guelph U.)

• Bruce Gaulin (McMaster University)

2351. Soft Colloids, Hard Science and the Path from Discovery to Commercialization

John Dutcher

12/06/2018, 09:15

Plenary Speaker / Conférencier(ère) plénier(ère)

Colloids are small particles with diameters that lie within the nanoscopic and microscopic domains. Recently, research has focused on deformable or soft colloidal particles, such as microgels and star polymers, which show fascinating behaviour such as jamming and glass formation in dense dispersions. I will describe a new type of soft colloidal particle, phytoglycogen, which is produced in the...