Post-liquefaction normospermic human semen behaves as a weak-gel viscoelastic fluid.

Tomaiuolo, Giovanna; Fellico, Fiammetta; Preziosi, Valentina; Cariati, Federica; Strina, Ida; Votino, Carmela; Zullo, Fulvio; Longobardi, Salavatore et al. · Soft Matter · 2023

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

The rheological behavior of human semen is overlooked and essentially unexplored in the scientific literature. Here, we provide the first quantitative experimental evidence that post-liquafaction normospermic human semen behaves as a viscoelastic fluid and the shear moduli can be scaled according to the weak-gel model.

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