Rheology Lab Information


Country
Finland
University
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
Institution
Industrial Biotechnology and Food & Biomaterial Processing and Products, Sustainable Products and Materials research area, Espoo
Rheometers
  • TA Instruments DHR-2
  • TA Instruments AR-G2
  • Anton Paar MCR 301
  • Brookfield viscometers
Accessories
  • Wide selection of measurement geometries: various parallel plate, cone-plate and concentric cylinder geometries with smooth and crosshatched surface finishes (for the TA Instruments and Anton Paar rheometers)
  • Vane-in-cup geometries: for the rheological characterization of samples exhibiting wall slip, large particles and/or sensitive microstructure (for the TA Instruments and Anton Paar rheometers)
  • Interfacial rheology: Measurement of interfacial shear rheological properties (Bicone and Du Noüy Ring geometries available for the TA Instruments rheometers) and dilatational rheological properties (using an Attension Theta tensiometer or a KSV Langmuir-Blodgett Minitrough)
  • Immobilization cell: measurement of the rheological properties, immobilization kinetics, water retention and drying of paper coatings, paints, slurries and other suspensions during vacuum-assisted dewatering (for the Anton Paar rheometer)
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Contacts
TA Instruments DHR-2 & AR-G2 rheometers: Martina Lille (Martina.Lille@vtt.fi) & Suvi Arola (Suvi.Arola@vtt.fi)
Anton Paar MCR 301 rheometer: Pauliina Ahokas (pauliina.ahokas@vtt.fi) & Olli-Ville Laukkanen (Olli-Ville.Laukkanen@vtt.fi)
Last Updated By
Olli-Ville.Laukkanen@vtt.fi
Last Updated
7/7/2024 9:11:23 PM

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NRS Young Rheologist Awardee 2026: Ases Akas Mishra
It is our pleasure to announce Ases Akas Mishra as the recipient of the 2026 NRS Young Rheologist Award. The announcement was made yesterday by the NRS President Olli-Ville Laukkanen after Ases's doctoral defense at Chalmers University of Technology.

Ases has been unusually productive during his graduate studies, reflecting his capacity to combine independent research initiatives with collaborative work. His research spans experimental, constitutive, and numerical rheology, as well as work at large-scale research facilities, notably at the MAX IV synchrotron facility. Throughout his PhD, his work has led to fundamental contributions to rheology, while also having a clear impact on industrial research, particularly through the company-linked part of his project focused on food processing. Ases's doctoral thesis can be found here: Advancing Experimental, Modeling and Neural Network Techniques for Thixotropic Yield Stress Flows.

Ases is invited to give an award lecture at the Nordic Rheology Conference & Mechanics of Time-Dependent Materials Conference 2026 in Lund in August.

Warm congratulations to Ases for the well-deserved award! 👏
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