MURPHYS-HSFS-2014 - 7th International Workshop on Multi-Rate Processes & Hysteresis, 2nd International Workshop on Hysteresis and Slow-Fast Systems, April 7-11, 2014 - Abstract
Klapp, Sabine
Colloidal films play an important role in the design of new nanomaterials and in the area of nanorheology. Moreover, they are ideal model systems to study the behavior of soft-condensed matter under spatial confinement. In the present talk I discuss recent results concerning the non-equilibrium dynamics of colloidal films subject to shear flow. We have studied such films using particle-based computer simulations and theoretical approaches. Our results reveal a rich non-equilibrium behavior including transitions between different dynamical states, instabilities, and hysteresis. We also discuss how one can select between different states via feedback control applied to rheological properties of the system.