Abstract
We identify a finite wave-number instability of a 90 degrees tilt grain boundary in three-dimensional lamellar phases which is absent in two-dimensional configurations. Both a stability analysis of the slowly varying amplitude or envelope equation for the boundary, and a direct numerical solution of an order parameter model equation are presented. The instability mode involves two-dimensional perturbations of the planar base boundary, and is suppressed for purely one-dimensional perturbations. We find that both the most unstable wave numbers and their growth rate increase with epsilon , the dimensionless distance away from threshold of the lamellar phase.
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