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ZB 10 - Soft Condensed Matter (R. Holyst)

We are different, but we all do great Science; and we have a lot of fun doing it!
We are different, but we all do great Science; and we have a lot of fun doing it!
We are different, but we all do great Science; and we have a lot of fun doing it!
We are different, but we all do great Science; and we have a lot of fun doing it!
We are different, but we all do great Science; and we have a lot of fun doing it!
We are different, but we all do great Science; and we have a lot of fun doing it!

Publication

The unphysical pinning of the domain growth during the separation of homopolymer blends near the spinodal

Author(s): Fialkowski, M and Holyst, R
Title: The unphysical pinning of the domain growth during the separation of homopolymer blends near the spinodal
Abstract: We simulate model B of mesoscopic dynamic with the Flory-Huggins free for the homopolymer blend. We concentrate the study on the of the spatial coordinates in the model. We show that the used rescaling of the spatial coordinates, by the function at the spinodal, leads to the unphysical freezing of the We study the evolution of the system in two different One is the growth process induced by the temperature quench the metastable or unstable region of the phase diagram and the second the quench-jump process in which we first allow the system to below the spinodal and next heat it up below or above the The proper rescaling avoiding the unphysical pinning of the growth at the spinodal is proposed. (C) 2004 American Institute of Physics.
Pages: 5802-5808
Journal: JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS
Volume: 120
ID: ISI:000220183000037
Year: 2004
DOI: 10.1063/1.1649731