Rheology of Concentrated Colloidal Dispersions

This review highlights recent work on stable dispersions, specifically hard spheres and floculated systems, emphasizing the effects of structure created by many-body interactions. Predictions of weak flow behavior, e.g., low shear viscosity, linear viscoelastic response, and plastic/yield stresses,conform semi-quantitatively with experimental results and provide insight into the mechanisms responsible for shear thinning at higher rates.