Large Amplitude Oscillatory Shear investigations of colloidal systems: experiments and constitutive model predictions

This thesis features Large Amplitude Oscillatory shear (LAOS) experiments that characterize the nonlinear viscoelastic properties of dispersed systems, including suspensions, colloidal gels, polymer solutions and micellar surfactant solutions. The characterization of the nonlinear viscoelasticity of soft matter provides valuable insights into the microscopic structure of these systems and its dependence on external mechanical excitation.