Abstract
A simple two-variable model for the dynamics of sheared colloidal crystals gives shear-melting at low shear rates and suggests a novel mechanism for recrystallization to the solid phase at high shear rates. The nonequilibrium phase diagram agrees qualitatively with experiments and molecular dynamics simulations.
- Received 28 April 1994
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.73.1043
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