News from the Journal of Rheology

The 2026 Best Paper Award goes to....

Rheology of suspensions of cubic particles

E d’Ambrosio, D Gilbert, F Blanc, C Cohen, E Lemaire
Institut de Physique de Nice, UMR 7010, CNRS,
Université Côte d’Azur

J. Rheol. 69, 807-828 (2025)

In this work, cubic particles were fabricated using a soft lithography technique and suspended in a Newtonian fluid. Rheometric experiments were conducted to determine the Einstein and Batchelor coefficients in the dilute and semidilute regimes, revealing stronger hydrodynamic interactions compared to spheres....read more

Arthur B. Metzner Centennial Commemorative Issue

Manuscripts are invited on rheology-related advances inspired, directly or indirectly, by the work of the late Arthur B. Metzner in experiments, theories, modeling and computation involving rheology and the behavior of complex fluids under flow.

Topics include:

• Polymer melts and solutions
• Liquid crystals
• Particulate and fiber suspensions
• Polymer processing
• Extensional flow
• Composite materials
• Flow through porous media

Guest editors: Antony N. Beris and Norman J. Wagner

Contribute to this Commemorative Issue

During submission, you will be asked if your submission is related to a special issue. Select “Yes” then select “Arthur B. Metzner Centennial Commemorative Issue” from the subsequent dropdown menu.

Deadline for article submissions: October 31, 2026

Special issue: Networks with Dynamic and Covalent Bonds and Applications

Topics: Covalent adaptable networks, vitrimers, recyclable elastomers, and related networks
Guest editors: Evelyne van Ruymbeke & Salvatore (Christian) Coppola

Strict deadline for submission: 31 January 2027

Contents of this Special Issue will be discussed at the final conference of the European MSCA project ‘ReBond’ (5-9 September 2027, Crete)

Special issue: Space applications and low gravity

Guest editors: Olfa D’Angelo, Thomas Voigtmann and Norman J. Wagner

Volume 70, Issue 3 (May/June 2026)

The 15 articles in the collection include:

Rheology in space—A review of past and present ESA experiments
A. Martinelli; L. Cristofolini; D. Orsi; F. Ravera; L. Liggieri; A. Salonen; T. Podgorski; C. Minetti; M. Sperl; L. Cipelletti; N. Murdoch; M. Braibanti; S. Vincent-Bonnieu; B. Saint-Michel
https://doi.org/10.1122/8.0001074

Rheology beyond Earth
Olfa D’Angelo; Thomas Voigtmann; Norman Wagner
https://doi.org/10.1122/8.0001216

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