The 35th Nordic Rheology Conference (NRC) and 14th International Conference on Mechanics of Time-Dependent Materials (MTDM) Conference joined in Lund, Sweden, as one conference and brought together researchers and industry professionals, covering all aspects of rheology and the mechanics of time-dependent materials.
Topics included rheology with applications in polymers, foods, coatings, paper, fibres and pharmaceuticals, as well as time-dependent phenomena such as frequency or strain rate sensitivity, fatigue, creep, relaxation.
The program also featured a special emphasis on rheology combined with advanced X-ray and neutron techniques.
The venue for the conference is right between the X-ray synchrotron MAX IV and the neutron facility ESS in Lund, Sweden, at The Loop in Science Village, Lund.
Click here to view the full conference programme.
The program included a mix of lectures by the invited speakers and contributions from delegates.
There were also poster sessions and an exhibition by leading rheology companies. The Annual Business Meeting of NRS as well as the MTDM committee meeting was held in connection with the conference.
A rheology course was held before the conference with an introduction to rheology to facilitate the understanding of more complicated topics discussed during the conference. The rheology part of the course was given by Annika Sahlström, Reokonsa, who is a well-known rheology lecturer in Scandinavia. Ann Terry who is beamline scientist at MAX IV introduced X-ray and neutron techniques.
Social events
The conference included several activities.
- Tuesday August 25: NRS Golf Championships
- Wednesday August 26: Reception and poster session at MAX IV including a tour of the facilities.
- Thursday August 27: Poster session at ESS including a tour of the facilities.
Sponosrs
Platinum: Carl Tryggers Stiftelse
Gold: LINXS
Bronze: Photron
Exhibitors
Oleinitec, Netzsch, TA Instruments, LS Instruments, Anton Paar, Incipientus, RISE, Reokonsa, Norlab/Speclz
Organising Institutions
Chalmers, LINXS, MAX IV, ESS, RISE, Aarhus University
Norman J. Wagner’s research focuses on the rheology and microstructure of complex fluids, combining rheology with advanced scattering techniques to uncover structure - property relationships in colloidal suspensions and soft materials. He is currently the Robert L. Pigford Chair and Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Delaware.
Viviane Lutz Bueno is a Senior Scientist at Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), Switzerland and lecturer at ETH Zürich working on method development and structural characterization of soft matter using small-angle scattering techniques.
Leif Asp is Professor of Lightweight Structures at Chalmers University of Technology and a leading expert in multifunctional composite materials. His research focuses on structural battery composites, where load-bearing materials are designed to simultaneously store electrical energy, enabling entirely new approaches to lightweight system design.
Chris Holland is Professor of Materials Science at the University of Sheffield and a leading expert in bio-derived and hierarchical materials. His research focuses on understanding and replicating the structure–property relationships found in natural materials such as silk, collagen, and other biological polymers, with the aim of developing sustainable high-performance materials.
A workshop was held to enhance collaboration between industry and academia by exploring key challenges and identifying opportunities for improvement. It provided a platform for participants to share perspectives, reflect on current practices and help shape more effective and impactful partnerships.
More information of the industry-academia workshop (PDF)
NRS and MTDM members met on August 25 at the famous Barsebäck Golf & Resort just 30 minutes away from the NRC venue in Lund.
Read more about the event
in the invitation.
The NRCxMTDM 2026 was organised in partnership with LINXS - Institute of Advanced Neutron and X-Ray Science through the RheoMAXESS theme. Members of the organizing committee were: Roland Kádár, Marko Bek (Chalmers University of Technology), Mats Stading (RISE and Chalmers), Ann Terry, Kim Nygård (MAX IV), Andrew Jackson (ESS), Alexandra Aulova (Nouryon), Ruifen Li (Aarhus University), Josefin Martell (LINXS) with the support of the RheoMAXESS theme core group. Science Village and Altitude assisted in organisation and registration.
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