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. 2016 Jun 3;7:11661. doi: 10.1038/ncomms11661

Figure 8. Shear annealing model.

Figure 8

(a) Schematic ordering forces for individual spheres out of position. (b) Nonlinear transfer relation between normalized shear rate and crystalline order in each layer, for polymer opals (solid) and colloids (dashed). (c) Resulting crystalline order versus depth for increasing total strain applied (red to blue).