Spinodal decomposition in confined geometry
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: Spinodal decomposition in confined geometry
zbMATH Open document ID: 0941.76078
author: K. Appert
published in: Journal of Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics
publication date: 1999-05-24T00:00:00Z
review text: When binary mixtures (AB) are quenched from the one-phase region into the unstable part of their miscibility gap, phase separation starts by spontaneous amplification of concentration fluctuations (spinodal decomposition). This growth of A-rich and B-rich domains and their morphology are distinctly modified when one considers mixtures confined in thin film geometry between planar parallel walls, or confined in cylindrical geometry in pores. This paper presents an introduction to these phenomena, comparing them to spinodal decomposition and coarsening in the bulk. Theoretical concepts, numerical simulations and some experiments are presented, and a discussion of open problems is given.
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 76R50
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 80A17
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 82-02
zbMATH DE Number: 1290320
zbMATH Keywords: confined geometry
zbMATH Keywords: binary mixtures
zbMATH Keywords: thin film geometry
zbMATH Keywords: cylindrical geometry
zbMATH Keywords: coarsening
reviewed by: Ruxandra Stavre
MaRDI profile type: Publication
full work available at URL: jnet.1998.23.1.1
OpenAlex ID: W4245352537
cites work: Growth kinetics in multicomponent fluids
DOI: 10.1515/JNET.1998.23.1.1
description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1290320