Evaluation of the Elastic and Viscoelastic Properties of Soft Materials via Sensing Technology
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Physical Sensors".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 July 2024 | Viewed by 137
Special Issue Editors
Interests: microbubbles; drug delivery; material characterization; ultrasound
Interests: characterization of acoustic properties of materials; photoacoustics and ultrasound field characterization
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Identification of the viscoelastic properties of materials, including soft materials, is needed both in the laboratory and in the clinic. Various techniques, such as the indentation method, atomic force microscopy, and rheometry, are used for the identification of the elastic or viscoelastic properties of soft materials in the laboratory. Other techniques, such as magnetic resonance elastography and ultrasound elastography, are used for the in vivo evaluation of the mechanical properties of tissues. It is much more important today to develop techniques and standards to accurately determine the elastic and/or viscoelastic properties of materials. We invite researchers to submit their original research and review articles on the elastic and/or viscoelastic property evaluation of soft materials via different sensing technologies. Manuscripts on mathematical modelling and/or experimental research (in vitro, ex vivo, and in vivo) are welcome, as well as research and review articles assessing the uncertainty of the measured mechanical properties of soft materials.
Dr. Hasan Koruk
Dr. Srinath Rajagopal
Dr. Andre Victor Alvarenga
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- elastography
- viscoelastic properties
- viscosity
- soft materials
- ultrasound
- magnetic resonance imaging
- indentation
- atomic force microscopy
- rheometry
