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DY: Fachverband Dynamik und Statistische Physik

DY 5: Colloids and Complex Fluids II (joint session CPP/BP/DY)

DY 5.4: Talk

Monday, March 7, 2016, 10:30–10:45, H51

Crystallization of sheared nearly hard-spheres — •david richard and thomas speck — Staudingerweg 9, 55128 Mainz

Understanding crystallization pathways and kinetics is a long standing challenge in condensed matter science. Additionally, the effect of impurities and external fields is also a matter of debate. In this study, we look at the effect of a simple linear shear flow on the crystallization of nearly hard-spheres [1]. By varying the density from low to high supersaturation, we find a crossover from shear-suppressed crystallization to an enhanced crystallization kinetics. We attribute this crossover under shear to the vanishing nucleation barrier in the quiescent system, at which nucleation is changing from an activated to a diffusive limited process.

[1] Richard, David, and Thomas Speck. 'The Role of Shear in Crystallization Kinetics: From Suppression to Enhancement.' Scientific Reports 5 (2015).