Nonequilibrium phase transitions in sheared colloids

Rangan, Lahiri and Sriram, Ramaswamy (1996) Nonequilibrium phase transitions in sheared colloids. In: Physica A: Statistical and Theoretical Physics, 224 (1-2). pp. 84-92.

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Abstract

Colloidal crystals under steady shear flow are known to melt by a first order transition. At high shear rates, molecular dynamics simulations show a reentrant transition by which the system orders back into a flowing crystalline phase. We describe here a simple two variable model which captures both these phase transitions. In doing so we propose a prescription for identifying the stable phase in nonequilibrium steady states which should apply to a variety of other problems.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Physica A: Statistical and Theoretical Physics
Publisher:	Elsevier
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to Elsevier.
Department/Centre:	Division of Physical & Mathematical Sciences > Physics
Date Deposited:	23 Apr 2007
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 04:37
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/10721

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