Suspensions are comprised of mesoscale particles of size from a few
nanometres to a micron suspended in a fluid of molecular particles.
The composite system is an example of a so-called complex fluid.
Apart from technological interest, such systems are adjustable model
systems in which physicists can study both equilibrium and
non-equilibrium statistical mechanics of an unusual kind. The
non-equilibrium motion of the mesoparticles defines a kind of
many-body dynamical system many of whose properties remain unknown. I
will give an introduction to some of the interesting questions that
one can ask about these systems and to some of the computer simulation
studies that can be used to describe them.