Staff profile

Suzanne Fielding obtained her first degree in physics from Oxford University in 1997 and her PhD from Edinburgh University in 2000. Following postdoctoral research at Leeds University she spent four years lecturing in applied mathematics at Manchester University, before moving to the Department of Physics here at Durham University in 2009. In 2010 she received the Arthur B. Metzner award of the Society of Rheology. Financial support for her research has been provided by an EPSRC Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Theoretical Physics (2003-2006), an EPSRC Advanced Research Fellowship (2007-2012), and a European Research Council Starting/Consolidating Independent Researcher Grant (2012-2017).

• Soft condensed matter physics
• Flow instabilities and flow-induced phase transitions
• Fluid-fluid demixing
• Viscoelastic turbulence
• Soft glassy rheology
• Biologically active suspensions

Journal Article

• Fielding, S. M. (2024). Simple and effective mechanical cloaking. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 192, Article 105824. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmps.2024.105824
• Fielding, S. M. (2024). Reduced stress propagation leads to increased mechanical failure resistance in auxetic materials. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 121(21), Article e2312899121. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2312899121
• Cochran, J. O., Callaghan, G. L., Caven, M. J., & Fielding, S. M. (2024). Slow Fatigue and Highly Delayed Yielding via Shear Banding in Oscillatory Shear. Physical Review Letters, 132(16), Article 168202. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.132.168202
• Lockwood, H. A., Agar, M. H., & Fielding, S. M. (2024). Power law creep and delayed failure of gels and fibrous materials under stress. Soft Matter, 20(11), 2474-2479. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3sm01608k
• Hertaeg, M. J., Fielding, S. M., & Bi, D. (2024). Discontinuous Shear Thickening in Biological Tissue Rheology. Physical Review X, 14(1), Article 011027. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevx.14.011027
• Fielding, S. M., Cochran, J. O., Huang, J., Bi, D., & Marchetti, M. C. (2023). Constitutive model for the rheology of biological tissue. Physical Review E, 108(4), Article L042602. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.108.L042602
• Fielding, S. M. (2023). Model of Friction with Plastic Contact Nudging: Amontons-Coulomb Laws, Aging of Static Friction, and Nonmonotonic Stribeck Curves with Finite Quasistatic Limit. Physical Review Letters, 130(17), Article 178203. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.130.178203
• Pollard, J., & Fielding, S. M. (2022). Yielding, shear banding, and brittle failure of amorphous materials. Physical Review Research, 4(4), Article 043037. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevresearch.4.043037
• Datta, S. S., Ardekani, A. M., Arratia, P. E., Beris, A. N., Bischofberger, I., McKinley, G. H., Eggers, J. G., López-Aguilar, J. E., Fielding, S. M., Frishman, A., Graham, M. D., Guasto, J. S., Haward, S. J., Shen, A. Q., Hormozi, S., Morozov, A., Poole, R. J., Shankar, V., Shaqfeh, E. S., Stark, H., …Stone, H. A. (2022). Perspectives on viscoelastic flow instabilities and elastic turbulence. Physical Review Fluids, 7(8), Article 080701. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevfluids.7.080701
• Ekeh, T., Fodor, É., Fielding, S. M., & Cates, M. E. (2022). Power fluctuations in sheared amorphous materials: A minimal model. Physical Review E, 105(5), Article L052601. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreve.105.l052601
• Huang, J., Cochran, J. O., Fielding, S. M., Marchetti, M. C., & Bi, D. (2022). Shear-Driven Solidification and Nonlinear Elasticity in Epithelial Tissues. Physical Review Letters, 128(17), https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.128.178001
• Jung, G., & Fielding, S. M. (2021). Wall slip and bulk yielding in soft particle suspensions. Journal of Rheology, 65(2), Article 199. https://doi.org/10.1122/8.0000171
• Barlow, H. J., Cochran, J. O., & Fielding, S. M. (2020). Ductile and Brittle Yielding in Thermal and Athermal Amorphous Materials. Physical Review Letters, 125(16), Article 168003. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.125.168003
• Hemingway, E. J., & Fielding, S. M. (2020). Interplay of edge fracture and shear banding in complex fluids. Journal of Rheology, 64(5), Article 1147. https://doi.org/10.1122/8.0000086
• Fielding, S. M. (2020). Elastoviscoplastic rheology and aging in a simplified soft glassy constitutive model. Journal of Rheology, 64(3), Article 723. https://doi.org/10.1122/1.5140465
• Parley, J. T., Fielding, S. M., & Sollich, P. (2020). Aging in a mean field elastoplastic model of amorphous solids. Physics of Fluids, 32(12), Article 127104. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0033196
• Chacko, R., Sollich, P., & Fielding, S. (2019). Slow Coarsening in Jammed Athermal Soft Particle Suspensions. Physical Review Letters, 123(10), Article 108001. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.123.108001
• Barlow, H., Hemingway, E., Clarke, A., & Fielding, S. (2019). Linear instability of shear thinning pressure driven channel flow. Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 270, 66-78. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnnfm.2019.07.004
• Hemingway, E. J., & Fielding, S. M. (2019). Edge fracture instability in sheared complex fluids: Onset criterion and possible mitigation strategy. Journal of Rheology, 63(5), https://doi.org/10.1122/1.5095717
• Chacko, R., Mari, R., Cates, M., & Fielding, S. (2018). Dynamic Vorticity Banding in Discontinuously Shear Thickening Suspensions. Physical Review Letters, 121(10), Article 108003. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.121.108003
• Chacko, R. N., Mari, R., Fielding, S. M., & Cates, M. E. (2018). Shear Reversal in Dense Suspensions: The Challenge to Fabric Evolution Models from Simulation Data. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 847, 700-734. https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2018.279
• Hemingway, E. J., & Fielding, S. M. (2018). Edge-Induced Shear Banding in Entangled Polymeric Fluids. Physical Review Letters, 120(13), Article 138002. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.120.138002
• Radhakrishnan, R., & Fielding, S. M. (2018). Shear banding in large amplitude oscillatory shear (LAOStrain and LAOStress) of soft glassy materials. Journal of Rheology, 62(2), 559-576. https://doi.org/10.1122/1.5023381
• Hemingway, E., Clarke, A., Pearson, J., & Fielding, S. (2017). Thickening of viscoelastic flow in a model porous medium. Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 251, 56-68. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnnfm.2017.11.002
• Hemingway, E. J., Kusumaatmaja, H., & Fielding, S. M. (2017). Edge Fracture in Complex Fluids. Physical Review Letters, 119(2), Article 028006. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.119.028006
• Radhakrishnan, R., Divoux, T., Manneville, S., & Fielding, S. M. (2017). Understanding rheological hysteresis in soft glassy materials. Soft Matter, 13(9), 1834-1852. https://doi.org/10.1039/c6sm02581a
• Hoyle, D., & Fielding, S. (2017). Necking after extensional filament stretching of complex fluids and soft solids. Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 247, 132-145. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnnfm.2017.06.009
• Hoyle, D. M., & Fielding, S. M. (2016). Criteria for extensional necking instability in complex fluids and soft solids. Part II: Imposed tensile stress and force protocols. Journal of Rheology, 60(6), 1377-1397. https://doi.org/10.1122/1.4965037
• Hoyle, D. M., & Fielding, S. M. (2016). Criteria for extensional necking instability in complex fluids and soft solids. Part I: Imposed Hencky strain rate protocol. Journal of Rheology, 60(6), 1347-1375. https://doi.org/10.1122/1.4965036
• Hemingway, E., Mishra, P., Marchetti, M., & Fielding, S. (2016). Correlation lengths in hydrodynamic models of active nematics. Soft Matter, 12(38), 7943-7952. https://doi.org/10.1039/c6sm00812g
• Carter, K. A., Girkin, J. M., & Fielding, S. M. (2016). Shear banding in large amplitude oscillatory shear (LAOStrain and LAOStress) of polymers and wormlike micelles. Journal of Rheology, 60(5), Article 883. https://doi.org/10.1122/1.4960512
• Fielding, S. (2016). Triggers and signatures of shear banding in steady and time-dependent flows. Journal of Rheology, 60(5), 821-834. https://doi.org/10.1122/1.4961480
• Hemingway, E., Cates, M., & Fielding, S. (2016). Viscoelastic and elastomeric active matter: Linear instability and nonlinear dynamics. Physical Review E, 93(3), Article 032702. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreve.93.032702
• Kusumaatmaja, H., Hemingway, E., & Fielding, S. (2016). Moving contact line dynamics: from diffuse to sharp interfaces. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 788, 209-227. https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2015.697
• Matas Navarro, R., & Fielding, S. M. (2015). Clustering and phase behaviour of attractive active particles with hydrodynamics. Soft Matter, 11(38), 7525-7546. https://doi.org/10.1039/c5sm01061f
• Hoyle, D. M., & Fielding, S. M. (2015). Age-Dependent Modes of Extensional Necking Instability in Soft Glassy Materials. Physical Review Letters, 114(15), Article 158301. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.114.158301
• Hemingway, E., Maitra, A., Banerjee, S., Marchetti, M., Ramaswamy, S., Fielding, S., & Cates, M. (2015). Active Viscoelastic Matter: From Bacterial Drag Reduction to Turbulent Solids. Physical Review Letters, 114(9), Article 098302. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.114.098302
• Fielding, S. M. (2014). Shear banding in soft glassy materials. Reports on Progress in Physics, 77(10), https://doi.org/10.1088/0034-4885/77/10/102601
• Matas-Navarro, R., Golestanian, R., Liverpool, T. B., & Fielding, S. M. (2014). Hydrodynamic suppression of phase separation in active suspensions. Physical review E: Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics, 90(3), Article 032304. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreve.90.032304
• Moorcroft, R., & Fielding, S. (2014). Shear banding in time-dependent flows of polymers and wormlike micelles. Journal of Rheology, 58(1), 103-147. https://doi.org/10.1122/1.4842155
• Fielding, S., Moorcroft, R., Larson, R., & Cates, M. (2013). Modeling the relaxation of polymer glasses under shear and elongational loads. The Journal of Chemical Physics, 138(12), Article 12A504. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4769253
• Moorcroft, R., & Fielding, S. (2013). Criteria for Shear Banding in Time-Dependent Flows of Complex Fluids. Physical Review Letters, 110(8), Article 086001. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.110.086001
• Fielding, S., Larson, R., & Cates, M. (2012). Simple Model for the Deformation-Induced Relaxation of Glassy Polymers. Physical Review Letters, 108(4), Article 048301. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.108.048301
• Moorcroft, R., Cates, E., & Fielding, S. (2011). Age-Dependent Transient Shear Banding in Soft Glasses. Physical Review Letters, 106(5), Article 055502. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.106.055502
• Fielding, S. (2011). Criterion for Extensional Necking Instability in Polymeric Fluids. Physical Review Letters, 107(25), Article 258301. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.107.258301
• Fielding, S., Marenduzzo, D., & Cates, M. (2011). Nonlinear dynamics and rheology of active fluids: Simulations in two dimensions. Physical review E: Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics, 83(4), Article 041910. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreve.83.041910
• Adams, J., Fielding, S., & Olmsted, P. (2011). Transient shear banding in entangled polymers: A study using the Rolie-Poly model. Journal of Rheology, 55, 1007-1032. https://doi.org/10.1122/1.3610169
• Nghe, P., Fielding, S., Tabeling, P., & Ajdari, A. (2010). Interfacially driven instability in the microchannel flow of a shear-banding fluid. Physical Review Letters, 104(24), Article 248303. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.104.248303
• Fielding, S. (2010). Viscoelastic Taylor-Couette instability of shear banded flow. Physical Review Letters, 104(19), Article 198303. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.104.198303
• Fielding, S., & Wilson, H. (2010). Shear banding and interfacial instability in planar Poiseuille flow. Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 165(5-6), 196-202. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnnfm.2009.12.001
• Fielding, S., Cates, M., & Sollich, P. (2009). Shear banding, aging and noise dynamics in soft glassy materials. Soft Matter, 5(12), 2378-2382. https://doi.org/10.1039/b812394m
• Rouyer, F., Cohen-Addad, S., Hohler, R., Sollich, P., & Fielding, S. (2008). The large amplitude oscillatory strain response of aqueous foam: Strain localization and full stress Fourier spectrum. The European Physical Journal E, 27(3), 309-321. https://doi.org/10.1140/epje/i2008-10382-7
• Cates, M., Fielding, S., Marenduzzo, D., Orlandini, E., & Yeomans, J. (2008). Shearing active gels close to the isotropic-nematic transition. Physical Review Letters, 101(6), Article 068102. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.101.068102
• Adams, J., Fielding, S., & Olmsted, P. (2008). The interplay between boundary conditions and flow geometries in shear banding: Hysteresis, band configurations, and surface transitions. Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 151(1-3), 101-118. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnnfm.2008.01.008
• Fielding, S. (2008). Role of inertia in nonequilibrium steady states of sheared binary fluids. Physical review E: Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics, 77(2), https://doi.org/10.1103/physreve.77.021504
• Fielding, S. (2007). Vorticity structuring and velocity rolls triggered by gradient shear bands. Physical review E: Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics, 76(1), https://doi.org/10.1103/physreve.76.016311
• Fielding, S. (2007). Complex dynamics of shear banded flows. Soft Matter, 3(10), 1262-1279. https://doi.org/10.1039/b707980j
• Cates, M., & Fielding, S. (2006). Rheology of giant micelles. Advances in Physics, 55(7-8), 799-879. https://doi.org/10.1080/00018730601082029
• Wilson, H., & Fielding, S. (2006). Linear instability of planar shear banded flow of both diffusive and non-diffusive Johnson-Segalman fluids. Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 138(2-3), 181-196. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnnfm.2006.05.010
• Fielding, S., & Olmsted, P. (2006). Nonlinear dynamics of an interface between shear bands. Physical Review Letters, 96(10), https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.96.104502
• Fielding, S. (2005). Linear instability of planar shear banded flow. Physical Review Letters, 95(13), https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.95.134501
• Fielding, S., & Olmsted, P. (2004). Spatiotemporal oscillations and rheochaos in a simple model of shear banding. Physical Review Letters, 92(8), https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.92.084502
• Fielding, S., & Olmsted, P. (2003). Kinetics of the shear banding instability in startup flows. Physical review E: Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics, 68(3), https://doi.org/10.1103/physreve.68.036313
• Fielding, S., & Olmsted, P. (2003). Early stage kinetics in a unified model of shear-induced demixing and mechanical shear banding instabilities. Physical Review Letters, 90(22), https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.90.224501
• Fielding, S., & Olmsted, P. (2003). Flow phase diagrams for concentration-coupled shear banding. The European Physical Journal E, 11(1), 65-83. https://doi.org/10.1140/epje/i2002-10128-7
• Fielding, S., & Sollich, P. (2003). Equivalence of driven and aging fluctuation-dissipation relations in the trap model. Physical review E: Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics, 67(1), https://doi.org/10.1103/physreve.67.011101
• Fielding, S. (2002). Interrupted coarsening in a driven kinetically constrained Ising chain. Physical review E: Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics, 66(1), https://doi.org/10.1103/physreve.66.016103
• Sollich, P., Fielding, S., & Mayer, P. (2002). Fluctuation-dissipation relations and effective temperatures in simple non-mean field systems. Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 14(7), 1683-1696
• Fielding, S., & Sollich, P. (2002). Observable dependence of fluctuation-dissipation relations and effective temperatures. Physical Review Letters, 88(5), https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.88.050603
• Fielding, S., Sollich, P., & Cates, M. (2000). Aging and rheology in soft materials. Journal of Rheology, 44(2), 323-369