OrthoChirp

The OrthoChirp project combines for the first time two cutting edge research techniques, the fast mechano-spectroscopical probing of mechanical properties of gelling or mutating soft matter with an optimally windowed chirps (OWCh) as employed by bats or dolphins, with the possibility to superpose such a signal onto a flowing system with orthogonal superposition rheometry (OSR). While the possibilities of both techniques by themselves are still currently explored, it is their successful combination in the OrthoChirp that will enable researchers in the field of soft matter and complex fluids for the first time to investigate the transient evolution of rapidly curing or mutating systems with a speed and resolution that is so far only achieved for resting or unmoving systems. The universal applicability of this approach promises the OrthoChirp to become an invaluable tool for researchers across different disciplines.