Viscoelasticity is the property of materials that exhibit both viscous and elastic characteristics when undergoing deformation. Viscous materials, like honey, resist shear flow and strain linearly with time when a stress is applied. Elastic materials strain instantaneously when stretched and just as quickly return to their original state once the stress is removed. Viscoelastic materials have elements of both of these properties and, as such, exhibit time dependent strain. Below are examples of application areas where instruments from the Biolin Scientific group can be used.
Polyelectrolyte multilayer and crosslinking
Study of viscoelastic model and the Sauerbrey relation
Interfacial rheology of monolayers at the air-water interface
