Scaling and hydrodynamic effects in lamellar ordering

We study the kinetics of domain growth of fluid mixtures quenched from a disordered to a lamellar phase. At low viscosities, in two dimensions, when hydrodynamic modes become important, dynamical scaling is verified in the form C(k, t) ~ L ? f[(k - kM)L], where C is the structure factor with maximum at kM and L is a typical length with logarithmic growth at late times. The presence of extended defects can explain the behavior of L. Three-dimensional simulations confirm that diffuse grain boundaries inhibit complete ordering of lamellae. Applied shear flow alleviates frustration and gives power law growth at all times.