Viscoelastic phase separation of colloidal suspensions can be interrupted to form gels either by glass transition or by crystallization. With a new confocal microscopy protocol, we follow the entire ...

The gelation mechanisms of ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) chains differed significantly in decalin and paraffin, although these are typical solvents used to gel spin UHMWPE fibers ...