Spinodal decomposition to a lamellar phase: effects of hydrodynamic flow
arXiv:cond-mat/9702019 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.78.1695
Abstract
Results are presented for the kinetics of domain growth of a two-dimensional fluid quenched from a disordered to a lamellar phase. At early times when a Lifshitz-Slyozov mechanism is operative the growth process proceeds logarithmically in time to a frozen state with locked-in defects. However when hydrodynamic modes become important, or the fluid is subjected to shear, the frustration of the system is alleviated and the size and orientation of the lamellae attain their equilibrium values.
4 Revtex pages, 4 figures, to appear in Physical Review Letters