Structural Transitions in Sheared Electrically Stabilized Colloidal Crystals
Figure 5
The generalized free energy of hcp-layers in the suspension with used in Figure 3, as a function of the order parameter for different shear rates. The average value of the order parameter corresponds to the minimum of the generalized thermodynamic potential. The insert shows the dependence of the order parameter on the shear rate for this suspension. The microstructural transition occurs when the order parameter vanishes.
