Electrorheological fluids are suspensions of polarizable particles whose rheological properties can be rapidly and reversibly altered by an external electric field. The applied field induces the ...

Scientists at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology have developed a new class of electrorheological (ER) fluids whose commercialization, into eco-friendly clutches, will provide a ...

In a discovery that may speed commercial and industrial uses of a third family of "smart fluids," scientists in Maryland are reporting development of new photorheological (PR) fluids that can be made ...