Domain formation and growth in spinodal decomposition of a binary fluid by molecular dynamics simulations

Thakre, Amol K. and Otter den, W.K. and Briels, W.J. (2008) Domain formation and growth in spinodal decomposition of a binary fluid by molecular dynamics simulations. Physical Review E: Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics, 77 (1). 011503. ISSN 1539-3755

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Abstract:	The two initial stages of spinodal decomposition of a symmetric binary Lennard-Jones fluid have been simulated by molecular dynamics simulations, using a hydrodynamics-conserving thermostat. By analyzing the growth of the average domain size R(t) with time, a satisfactory agreement is found with the R(t)t1/3 Lifshitz-Slyozov growth law for the early diffusion-driven stage of domain formation in a quenched homogeneous mixture. In the subsequent stage of viscous-dominated growth, the mean domain size appears to follow the linear growth law predicted by Siggia.
Item Type:	Article
Copyright:	© 2008 American Physical Society
Faculty:	Science and Technology (TNW)
Research Group:	Computational Biophysics (CBP)
Link to this item:	http://purl.utwente.nl/publications/59911
Official URL:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.77.011503
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