Numerical study of the ordering properties of lamellar phase

The quench of a binary mixture into a stable lamellar phase is numerically investigated. We present a novel approach to study the phenomenological equations governing the system dynamics based on the combination of lattice Boltzmann and finite difference equations. We can access large systems on time scales long enough to find evidence of dynamical scaling regime in the ordering process when hydrodynamics is operating.

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