Soft colloidal matter in external driving fields [Elektronische Ressource] : theory and simulation / vorgelegt von Martin Rex

Soft colloidal matter inexternal driving fields: Theoryand simulationInaugural-DissertationzurErlangung des Doktorgrades derMathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Fakult¨atder Heinrich-Heine-Universit¨at Duss¨ eldorfvorgelegt vonMartin Rexaus MettmannDezember 2007Aus dem Institut fur¨ Theoretische Physik II: Weiche Materieder Heinrich-Heine-Universit¨ at Dus¨ seldorfGedruckt mit der Genehmigung derMathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Fakult¨ atder Heinrich-Heine-Universit¨ at Dus¨ seldorfReferent: Prof. Dr. H. L¨ owenKoreferent: Prof. Dr. G. N¨ agelet: Prof. Dr. H. StarkTag der mundlic¨ hen Prufung¨ : 14.04.2008cMartin RexAll Rights Reserved.This thesis is based on the following original papers:Chapter 2M. Rex and H. L¨ owen,Lane formation in oppositely charged colloids driven by an electricfield: Chaining and two-dimensional crystallization,Phys. Rev. E 75, 051402 (2007)M. Rex and H. L¨ owen,Influence of hydrodynamic interactions on lane formation inoppositely charged driven colloids,DOI 10.1140/epje/i2007-10274-4, Eur. Phys. J. E (2008)M. Rex, T. Vissers, C. P. Royall, A. van Blaaderen, and H. L¨ owen,Second order nonequilibrium phase transition in oppositely chargeddriven colloids,(in preparation)H. L¨ owen, H. H. Wensink, and M. Rex,Driven colloidal mixtures and colloidal liquid crystals,AIP Conference Proceedings, 982, 284-288 (2008)Chapter 3M. Rex and H.