Toward a Theoretical Understanding of the Colloidal Glass Transition

Abstract

The liquid-glass transition for colloidal suspensions of hard spheres is discussed from a new theoretical point of view. The important role of the hydrodynamic interactions between colloids near the glass transition is pointed out. Two kinds of computer simulations are also performed to verify such an important role. Thus, those interactions are shown to be indispensable to explain the experimental data near the colloidal glass transition.