Lattice-Boltzmann simulations of self-assembly of a binary amphiphilic fluid into ordered bicontinuous cubic and lamellar phases

We report the first results of our three-dimensional, mesoscopic, amphiphilic lattice-Boltzmann model, which has been used to simulate the dynamics of self-assembly of ordered cubic and lamellar phases in binary water-surfactant systems. Our results provide insight into the mechanism of ordering of such mesophases in terms of various molecular forces acting between water and surfactant molecules and the mechanism driving the transition from the lamellar to the cubic phase.