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Sheared Suspensions II - Depletion Aggregation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2011

J. R. Melrose*
Affiliation:
DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY, UNIVERSITY OF SURREY, GUILDFORD GU2 5XH, UNITED KINGDOM
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Abstract

A Brownian dynamics algorithm described in the companion paper [1] is used to simulate sheared suspensions of particles interacting via a depletion potential. The shear and interaction forces interplay to give a complex non-equilibrium phase diagram: a variety of shear induced agglomerates form at low shear rate, but, for shear rates above a non-equilibrium phase boundary the agglomerates develop interfaces predominantly orientated parallel to the plane of shear gradient and flow.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1992

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