Equilibrium dynamics of microemulsion and sponge phases
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The dynamic structure factor G(k, w) is studied in a time-dependent GinzburgLandau model for microemulsion and sponge phases in thermal equilibrium by field-theoretic perturbation methods. In bulk contrast, we find that for sufficiently small viscosity
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A ug 1 99 4 Equilibrium Dynamics of Microemulsion and Sponge Phases
The dynamic structure factor G(k, ω) is studied in a time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau model for microemulsion and sponge phases in thermal equilibrium by field-theoretic perturbation methods. In bulk contrast, we find that for sufficiently small viscosity η, the structure factor develops a peak at non-zero frequency ω, for fixed wavenumber k with k 0 < k < ∼ q. Here, 2π/q is the typical domain si...
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