Physical Review Letters · 1986 · 26 citations · 16 references
Natural SciencesPhysicsColloid ScienceCondensed Matter PhysicsThermodynamicsColloid ChemistryColloidal CrystallizationNucleationColloidal CrystalsNon-equilibrium FreezingNonequilibrium DynamicsPhase Transition DynamicsShear-induced Structure Formation
We propose a theory of shear-induced melting of colloidal crystals based on a nonequilibrium generalization of first-order freezing theory. The results agree qualitatively with experiment.Received 22 November 1985DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.56.945©1986 American Physical Society
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