Non-monotonic growth of a droplet during phase separation

M. Gitterman, I. Hecht

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Abstract

Local overheating near the interface of a growing droplet may lead to a decrease in the rate of droplet growth if the heat conductivity is sufficiently small. Moreover, this rate may even change sign, so that droplets of radius larger than a critical radius will shrink. The existence of a thermal bath with heat loss through thermal dissipation narrows the range of existence of this phenomenon.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)197-200
Number of pages4
JournalApplied Surface Science
Volume177
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 8 Jun 2001

Keywords

  • "Time lag"
  • Droplet
  • Landau-Ginzburg equation

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