Abstract
The phase-ordering kinetics of the bilayered micelle-to-lamellar transition were studied using time-resolved small-angle neutron scattering (SANS). Smectic ordering was found to occur via a two-step process. Both a "local" time scale characterizing the coalescence of bicelles into stacks of lamellae and a "global" time scale characterizing the subsequent swelling of those stacks were extracted. Measurements highlighted the important role of transient metastable states in the phase ordering of complex fluids.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 060902 |
| Pages (from-to) | 060902/1-060902/4 |
| Journal | Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics |
| Volume | 67 |
| Issue number | 6 1 |
| State | Published - Jun 2003 |