Phys. Rev. E 66, 040902(R) (2002) [4 pages]

Dynamics of orientational ordering in fluid membranes

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Nariya Uchida^*
Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan

Received 28 February 2002; revised 31 July 2002; published 30 October 2002

We study the dynamics of orientational phase ordering in fluid membranes. Through numerical simulation we find an unusually slow coarsening of topological texture, which is limited by subdiffusive propagation of membrane curvature. The growth of the orientational correlation length ξ obeys a power law ξ∝t^w with w<1/4 in the late stage. We will also discuss defect profiles and correlation patterns in terms of long-range interaction mediated by curvature elasticity.

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http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevE.66.040902

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10.1103/PhysRevE.66.040902

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87.16.Dg, 64.70.Md, 64.60.Cn, 05.70.Fh

^*Present address: Department of Physics, Tohoku University, 980-8578, Japan.

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Phys. Rev. E 66, 040902(R) (2002) [4 pages]

Dynamics of orientational ordering in fluid membranes