Phase Separation in a Simple Model with Dynamical Asymmetry

Details Phase Separation in a Simple Model with Dynamical Asymmetry Phase Separation in a Simple Model with Dynamical Asymmetry

1998-07-22

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9807309v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

16 pages in LaTeX format and 6 Postscript figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevE.59.263

We perform computer simulations of a Cahn-Hilliard model of phase separation which has dynamical asymmetry between the two coexisting phases. The dynamical asymmetry is incorporated by considering a mobility function which is order parameter dependent. Simulations of this model reveal morphological features similar to those observed in viscoelastic phase separation. In the early stages, the minority phase domains form a percolating structure which shrinks with time eventually leading to the formation of disconnected domains. The domains grow as L(t) ~ t^{1/3} in the very late stages. Although dynamical scaling is violated in the area shrinking regime, it is restored at late times. However, the form of the scaling function is found to depend on the extent of dynamical asymmetry.

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