title: Nonequilibrium molecular dynamics simulation of shear-induced alignment of amphiphilic model systems.
abstract: We study the shear-induced alignment transition from transverse to the shear plane to parallel and perpendicular in a lamellar or smectics system. A recently proposed simple continuum model for amphiphiles is studied by large-scale nonequilibrium molecular dynamics simulation. We find a shear-rate dependence of the alignment transition under shear flow, parallel at low and perpendicular alignment at high shear rates. To identify the alignment and degree of order of these shear-induced orientations by scattering, a 3D analysis of the scattering data is needed.
authors.affiliation: Max-Planck-Institut für Polymerforschung, Ackermannweg 10, 55128 Mainz, Germany.
authors.forename: Hongxia
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Kurt
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kremer
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Soddemann