https://doi.org/10.1140/epjb/e2005-00016-8
The effect of shear in self-assembled fluids: The large-N limit
1
National University of Lesotho, P.O. Roma 180 Lesotho South Africa
2
The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, P.O. 586, Strada Costiera 11, Trieste, Italy
Corresponding author: a np.rapapa@nul.ls
Received:
1
September
2004
Published online:
18
January
2005
The dynamics of self-assembled fluids subjected to a uniform shear are solved for large-N component model of
microemulsions. The dynamical structure factor 
is studied for quenches from an uncorrelated high
temperature state into the Lifshitz line within the microemulsion phase. The structure factor shows multiscaling behavior with
characteristic length scales 
in the flow direction and 
in directions perpendicular to the flow.
The structure factor shows two parallel ridges in the shear-flow plane.
PACS: 47.20.Hw – Morphological instability; phase changes / 05.70.Ln – Nonequilibrium and irreversible thermodynamics / 83.50.Ax – Shear flows
© EDP Sciences, Società Italiana di Fisica, Springer-Verlag, 2004
