Structural Transitions in Sheared Electrically Stabilized Colloidal Crystals
Figure 2
Stress (cycles) and estimated order parameter (squares) as a function of the shear rate for latex suspensions with 146 nm diameter particles at a volume fraction of (data points taken from [15]). SANS measurements revealed that the flow curve can be separated into two branches: a strained crystal (SC) and a disordered structure (DS) branch. The structural transition occurs at .
