Publications

2011

Book: "Microgel Suspensions: Fundamentals and Applications" Editors: A. Fernandez, H.M. Wyss, J. Mattsson and D.A. Weitz Wiley & Sons (2011)

• Book chapter: "Mechanics of single microgel particles"
  H.M. Wyss, Johan Mattsson, Thomas Franke, Alberto Fernandez-Nieves and David A. Weitz
  Book chapter in book: "Microgels: Fundamentals and Applications"
  Editors: A. Fernandez, H.M. Wyss, J. Mattsson and D.A. Weitz
  Wiley & Sons (2011)

• "Biophysical properties of normal and diseased renal glomeruli"
  H. M. Wyss, F. J. Byfield, L. A. Bruggeman, Y. Ding, C. Huang, T. Franke, E. Mele, J. M. Henderson, M. R. Pollak, P. A. Janmey, D. A. Weitz, R. T. Miller
  American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology 300(3), C397-C405 (2011)

  • See also: Editorial Focus on this work by A. Pozzi: Diseased renal glomeruli are getting soft. Focus on “Biophysical properties of normal and diseased renal glomeruli”
    

• "Reconstruction of the 3D structure of colloidosomes from a single SEM image"
  J.W.O. Salari, G.T. Gemwa, H.M. Wyss, and B. Klumperman
  Soft Matter 7(5) 2033-2041 (2011)

• "Micromechanics of soft particles"
  M. Guo and H. M. Wyss
  Macromolecular Mechanics & Engineering 296(3-4) 223 (2011)

• "Direct visualization of pH-dependent evolution of structure and dynamics in microgel suspensions"
  M. Muluneh, J. Sprakel, H.M. Wyss, J. Mattsson, D.A. Weitz
  submitted

• "Elastic supramolecular hydrogels with thermally and hydration-responsive shape-memory properties"
  M. Guo, H.M. Wyss, P.Y.W. Dankers, E.W. Meijer
  to be submitted

• "Colloidosomes with tunable particle packing"
  J.W.O. Salari, E. Abdelmohssin, R. Fantoni, H.M. Wyss, B. Klumperman
  to be submitted

• "Rheological and Dynamical Arrest in Dense microgel suspensions"
  H.M. Wyss, J. Mattsson, A.F. Nieves, Z. Hu, D.A. Weitz
  to be submitted

• "Liquid-like behavior of dense ionic microgel suspensions"
  A. Fernandez-Nieves, B. Sierra-Martin, D. Florea, H. M. Wyss, J. Mattsson, U. Gasser, M. Heinrich, L. Rodriguez-Maldonado, A. Fernandez-Barbero, E. Lopez-Cabarcos, and D. A. Weitz
  to be submitted

2010

• "Capillary micromechanics: Measuring the elasticity of microscopic soft objects"
  H. M. Wyss, T. Franke, E. Mele, and D. A. Weitz
  Soft Matter 6 (18), 4550-4555 (2010)

• "Temperature-controlled transitions between glass, liquid and gel states in dense p-NIPA suspensions"
  G. Romeo, A. Fernandez-Nieves, H.M. Wyss, D. Acierno, and D.A. Weitz
  Advanced Materials 22, 3441-3445 (2010)

• "Colloidal gels formed by arrested phase separation: structure, dynamics and rheology"
  J. C. Conrad, H. M. Wyss, S. Manley, V. Trappe, K. Miyazaki, L. J. Kaufman, A. Schofield, D. R. Reichman, and D. A. Weitz
  Journal of Rheology 54(2), 421 (2010)

2009

• "Soft Colloids make Strong Glasses"
  J. Mattsson, H. M. Wyss, A. Fernandez-Nieves, K. Miyazaki, Z. Hu, D. R. Reichman, and D. A. Weitz
  Nature 462 7269, 83 (2009)

• See also: "Materials Science: Soft is Strong"
  News and Views by Austen Angell and Kazuhide Ueno about this article.
  Nature 462, 7269, 45 (2009)
• See also: "New wrinkle in old approach: Materials scientists find better model for glass creation"
  Report in the Harvard Gazette about this article.
  

2007

• "Strain-Rate Frequency Superposition: A rheological probe of structural relaxation in soft materials"
  H. M. Wyss, K. Miyazaki, J. Mattsson, Z. Hu, D. R. Reichman, D. A. Weitz
  Physical Review Letters 98 238303 (2007)
  

  • See also: Supplemental movie for this article.
  • SRFS now supported by rheometer manufacturer Anton Paar GmbH:
    See their application notes on SRFS measurements from the user manual.

• "Oscillatory rheology"
  H. M. Wyss, R. J. Larsen, and D. A. Weitz
  G.I.T. Laboratory Journal 3-4 68-70 (2007)

2006

• “Mechanism for Clogging of Micro-Channels”
  Hans M. Wyss, Daniel L. Blair, Jeffrey F. Morris, Howard A. Stone, David A. Weitz
  Physical Review E 74, 061402 (2006)

• “Nonlinear Viscoelasticity of Colloidal Supercooled Liquids”
  Kunimasa Miyazaki, Hans M. Wyss, David R. Reichman, David A. Weitz
  Europhysics Letters 75 915 (2006)

• "Fluids of Clusters in Attractive Colloids"
  Peter J. Lu, Jacinta C. Conrad, Hans M. Wyss, Andrew B. Schofield, and David A. Weitz
  Physical Review Letters 96 028306 (2006)

2005

• "Glasslike Arrest in Spinodal Decomposition as a Route to Colloidal Gelation"
  S. Manley, H. M. Wyss, K. Miyazaki, J. C. Conrad, V. Trappe, L. J. Kaufman, D. R. Reichman, and D. A. Weitz
  Physical Review Letters 95 238302 (2005).

  • (see comment by S. Sastry: Nature 441 p-671 (2006))

• “Mechanics and Microstructures of Concentrated Colloidal Gels”
  H. M. Wyss, E. Tervoort, and L. J. Gauckler
  Journal of the American Ceramic Society 88 (9) 2337 (2005)

2004

• “Influence of microstructure on the rheological behavior of dense particle gels”
  H. M. Wyss, A. M. Deliormanli, E. Tervoort, and L. J. Gauckler
  AIChE Journal 51 (1) p. 134 (2004)

• “Colloidal systems with attractive interaction: Evaluation of scattering data using the generalized indirect fourier transformation method.”
  J. Innerlohinger, H. M. Wyss, and O. Glatter
  Journal of Physical Chemistry B 108 (47) p. 18149 (2004)

• “Relation between microstructure and mechanical behavior of concentrated silica gels”
  H. M. Wyss, E. Tervoort, L. P. Meier, M. Müller, and L. J. Gauckler
  Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 273 (2) p. 455 (2004)

• “Small-angle static light scattering of concentrated silica suspensions during in situ destabilization”
  H. M. Wyss, J. Innerlohinger, L. P. Meier, L. J. Gauckler, and O. Glatter
  Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 271 (2) p. 388 (2004)

2003

• "Microstructure and Mechanical Behavior of Concentrated Particle Gels"
  H. M. Wyss, PhD thesis ETH Zurich (2003)

2002

• “Direct coagulation casting via increasing ionic strength”
  J. Yang, Y. Huang, L. P. Meier, H. M. Wyss, E. Tervoort, and L. J. Gauckler
  Key Engineering Materials 224 (2) p. 631 (2002)

• “Quantification of microstructures in stable and gelated suspensions from Cryo-SEM” H. M. Wyss, M. Hütter, M. Müller, L. P. Meier, and L. J. Gauckler
  Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 248 (2) p. 340 (2002)

2001

• “Diffusing-wave spectroscopy of concentrated alumina suspensions during gelation” H. M. Wyss, S. Romer, F. Scheffold, P. Schurtenberger, and L. J. Gauckler Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 241 p. 89 (2001)