In certain cases, lyotropic lamellar phases under shear form structures corresponding to a close-packed assembly of multilayered vehicles. We present light and neutron scattering data showing that these micrometer-sized objects may exhibit a long-range order under shear similar to that which has been observed for rigid colloidal particles (shear-induced ordering).

• Received 20 September 1994

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.51.3296