Depinning dynamics of confined colloidal dispersions under oscillatory shear

Abstract

Strongly confined colloidal dispersions under shear can exhibit a variety of dynamical phenomena, including depinning transitions and complex structural changes. Here, we investigate the behaviour of such systems under pure oscillatory shearing with shear rate $\dot{\gamma }(t)={\dot{\gamma }}_0\cos (\omega t)$, as it is a common scenario in rheological experiments. The colloids' depinning behaviour is assessed from a particle level based on trajectories, obtained from overdamped Brownian Dynamics simulations. The numerical approach is complemented by an analytic one based on an effective single-particle model in the limits of weak and strong driving. Investigating a broad spectrum of shear rate amplitudes ${\dot{\gamma }}_0$ and frequencies $\omega$, we observe complete pinning as well as temporary depinning behaviour. We discover that temporary depinning occurs for shear rate amplitudes above a frequency-dependent critical amplitude ${\dot{\gamma }}_0^{\mathrm{crit}}(\omega )$, for which we attain an approximate functional expression. For a range of frequencies, approaching ${\dot{\gamma }}_0^{\mathrm{crit}}(\omega )$ is accompanied by a strongly increasing settling time. Above ${\dot{\gamma }}_0^{\mathrm{crit}}(\omega )$, we further observe a variety of dynamical structures, whose stability exhibits an intriguing (${\dot{\gamma }}_0,\omega$) dependence. This might enable new perspectives for potential control schemes.

arXiv comment17 pages, 11 figures

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