INTERFACIAL ROUGHENING INDUCED BY PHASE-SEPARATION

Authors
KEBLINSKI P KUMAR SK MARITAN A KOPLIK J BANAVAR JR
Citation
P. Keblinski et al., INTERFACIAL ROUGHENING INDUCED BY PHASE-SEPARATION, Physical review letters, 76(7), 1996, pp. 1106-1109
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physical review letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00319007
Volume
76
Issue
7
Year of publication
1996
Pages
1106 - 1109
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(1996)76:7<1106:IRIBP>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
We consider thin films of binary mixtures coating a substrate which ha s a strong affinity for one of the components. Through computer simula tions we show that phase separation in these films is accompanied by a n anomalous roughening of the liquid-vapor interface. We elucidate the origin of this roughening and its relationship to the underlying phas e separation process.