What Gives Gels their Bounce? (IMAGE)

University of Delaware

What Gives Gels their Bounce?

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A team of scientists, including UD's Eric Furst, discovered that the elasticity of gels arises from the packing of clusters of particles in the gels, which the group dubbed locally glassy clusters.

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Photo courtesy of Eric Furst | Illustration by Joy Smoker

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