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Morphological phase separation in unstable thin films: Pattern formation and growth
, M. Vashishtha, S. Puri, R. Khanna
Published in
2011
Volume: 13
   
Issue: 30
Pages: 13598 - 13603
Abstract
We present results from a comprehensive numerical study of morphological phase separation (MPS) in unstable thin liquid films on a 2-dimensional substrate. We study the quantitative properties of the evolution morphology via several experimentally relevant markers, e.g., correlation function, structure factor, domain-size and defect-size probability distributions, and growth laws. Our results suggest that the late-stage morphologies exhibit dynamical scaling, and their evolution is self-similar in time. We emphasize the analogies and differences between MPS in films and segregation kinetics in unstable binary mixtures. © the Owner Societies 2011.
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JournalPhysical Chemistry Chemical Physics
ISSN14639076