TY - JOUR
T1 - Orientation selection in lamellar phases by oscillatory shears
AU - Huang, Zhi Feng
AU - Viñals, Jorge
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - In order to address the selection mechanism that is responsible for the unique lamellar orientation observed in block copolymers under oscillatory shears, we use a constitutive law for the dissipative part of the stress tensor that respects the uniaxial symmetry of a lamellar phase. An interface separating two domains oriented parallel and perpendicular to the shear is shown to be hydrodynamically unstable, a situation analogous to the thin layer instability of stratified fluids under shears. The resulting secondary flows break the degeneracy between the parallel and perpendicular lamellar orientation, leading to a preferred perpendicular orientation in certain ranges of parameters of the polymer and of the shear.
AB - In order to address the selection mechanism that is responsible for the unique lamellar orientation observed in block copolymers under oscillatory shears, we use a constitutive law for the dissipative part of the stress tensor that respects the uniaxial symmetry of a lamellar phase. An interface separating two domains oriented parallel and perpendicular to the shear is shown to be hydrodynamically unstable, a situation analogous to the thin layer instability of stratified fluids under shears. The resulting secondary flows break the degeneracy between the parallel and perpendicular lamellar orientation, leading to a preferred perpendicular orientation in certain ranges of parameters of the polymer and of the shear.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevE.73.060501
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevE.73.060501
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33744781842
SN - 1539-3755
VL - 73
JO - Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics
JF - Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics
IS - 6
M1 - 060501
ER -