title: Theory of nonlinear rheology and yielding of dense colloidal suspensions.
abstract: A first-principles approach to the nonlinear flow of dense suspensions is presented which captures shear thinning of colloidal fluids and dynamical yielding of colloidal glasses. The advection of density fluctuations plays a central role, suppressing the caging of particles and speeding up structural relaxation. A mode coupling approach is developed to explore these effects.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Edinburgh, JCMB King's Buildings, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Matthias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fuchs
authors.forename: Michael E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Cates