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 ...

Manipulating solid particles of a few micrometers in size using an electric field has been of great interest to physicists. These controllable particles can be assembled into dynamic chains that can ...