Dynamic light scattering in shear flow

We describe a new dynamic light scattering technique for measuring diffusion in sheared suspensions. It involves a scattering geometry with two crossing laser beams. A detailed analysis of the correlation function of scattered light is given. The viability of our method is demonstrated in an experiment where the effect of Taylor diffusion on the scattered light correlation function is measured.

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