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PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
Volume 101, Issue 16, Pages -Publisher
AMER PHYSICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.168302
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- German Research Foundation (DFG)
- European Network of Excellence SoftComp [NMP3-CT-2004-502235]
- Spanish MCYT [FIS2007-65869-C03-03]
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The effect of shear flow on the isotropic-nematic phase transition of attractive colloidal rods is investigated by a combination of simulations and experiments. The isotropic phase aligns with the flow, while the nematic phase undergoes a collective rotational motion which frustrates the merging of the coexisting regions. The location of binodals, spinodals, and the tumbling-to-aligning transition line in the shear-rate versus concentration plane are investigated. The phase diagrams in the shear-concentration plane for the various strengths of attractions can be mapped onto a master curve by appropriate scaling.
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