| Issue |
Europhys. Lett.
Volume 69, Number 2, January 2005
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|---|---|---|
| Page(s) | 291 - 297 | |
| Section | Interdisciplinary physics and related areas of science and technology | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/epl/i2004-10321-4 | |
| Published online | 15 December 2004 | |
T-structured fluid and jamming in driven Brownian rotators
Institut für Theoretische Physik II, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf Universitätsstrasse 1, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
Received:
9
August
2004
Accepted:
4
November
2004
The dynamics of two-dimensional suspensions of Brownian rods which are driven by an external torque are explored by computer simulation and instability theory. For increasing density the system self-organizes into a “T-structured fluid”, where neighbouring rods preferentially orient perpendicular to each other until an overlap density is reached. Then a sharp jamming transition occurs towards a dynamically blocked state with parallel neighbouring rods.
PACS: 82.70.Dd – Colloids / 61.20.Ja – Computer simulation of liquid structure / 82.70.Gg – Gels and sols
© EDP Sciences, 2005
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