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Coarsening dynamics of phase-separating systems - discussion
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Sluckin, Timothy J., Bray, A. J. , McLeish, Tom, Blumenfeld, R., Hinch, E. J. , Magerle, R. and Ball, Robin (2003) Coarsening dynamics of phase-separating systems - discussion. Royal Society of London. Philosophical Transactions A. Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, Vol.361 (No.1805). pp. 791-792. doi:10.1098/rsta.2002.1164
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Abstract
When a system such as a binary liquid is cooled rapidly from a homogeneous phase
into a two-phase region, domains of the two equilibrium phases form and grow
(‘coarsen’) with time. In the absence of an external drive, such as gravity or an
imposed shear flow, a dynamical-scaling regime emerges in which the domain morphology
is statistically self-similar at different times, up to an overall length-scale
(coarsening scale) that grows with time. In the first part of the paper, the scaling
phenomenology will be reviewed and the time-dependence of the coarsening scale
will be discussed in the context of a number of different physical systems and scaling
regimes. In the second part, the influence of an external drive, in particular a shear
flow, will be addressed and recent developments reviewed. Interesting open questions
include the late-time behaviour under shear and whether the coarsening continues
indefinitely or is ultimately arrested by the shear flow.
Item Type: | Journal Item | ||||
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Subjects: | Q Science > QC Physics | ||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Physics | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Shear flow, Phase transformations (Statistical physics) | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Royal Society of London. Philosophical Transactions A. Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences | ||||
Publisher: | The Royal Society Publishing | ||||
ISSN: | 1364-503X | ||||
Official Date: | 15 April 2003 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.361 | ||||
Number: | No.1805 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 2 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 791-792 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1098/rsta.2002.1164 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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