“‘The understanding gained from the properties of Oreo cream could potentially be applied to the design of other complex fluid materials. My 3D printing fluids are in the same class of materials as Oreo cream,’ she says. ‘So, this new understanding can help me better design ink when I’m trying to print flexible electronics from a slurry of carbon nanotubes, because they deform in almost exactly the same way.'”
https://news.mit.edu/2022/oreometer-cream-0419
This is bound to get nominated for an Ignoble Award. But it’s kind of neat in a weird fuzzy snackaholic way.
And at least now we know why all the cream sticks to one wafer!
Thanks, MIT. No, seriously. Now I have the munchies all of a sudden…
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