Published May 6, 2005 | Version v1
Journal article

Effects of anisotropy on the formation of a lamellar phase under shear

  • 1. Istituto Nazionale per la Fisica della Materia, Unita di Salerno and Dipartimento di Fisica 'E. R. Caianiello', Universita di Salerno, 84081 Baronissi (Salerno) (Italy)
  • 2. Dipartimento di Fisica, Universita di Bari, and TIRES, Center of Innovative Technologies for Signal Detection and Processing, and INFN, Sezione di Bari, and INFM, Unita di Bari, Via Amendola 173, 70126 Bari (Italy)
  • 3. Istituto Applicazioni Calcolo, CNR, Sezione di Bari, Via Amendola 122/D, 70126 Bari (Italy)

Description

We consider the phase ordering process of a system quenched into a lamellar phase in the presence of a shear flow. By studying the continuum model based on the Brazowskii free energy in a self-consistent approximation, we analyse the effects of a weak anisotropy in the quartic coupling constant, finding that it radically changes the evolution of the system

Availability note (English)

Available online at http://stacks.iop.org/0305-4470/38/3883/a5_18_001.pdf or at the Web site for the Journal of Physics. A, Mathematical and General (ISSN 1361-6447) http://www.iop.org/

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. A, Mathematical and General
Journal Volume
38
Journal Issue
18
Journal Page Range
p. 3883-3895
ISSN
0305-4470
CODEN
JPHAC5

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
36096110
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
ANISOTROPY; COUPLING CONSTANTS; EVOLUTION; FREE ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SHEAR
Descriptors DEC
ENERGY; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES