The Cahn-Hilliard equation with "frozen-in" fluctuations of mobility

Citation
Ln. Davydov et al., The Cahn-Hilliard equation with "frozen-in" fluctuations of mobility, PHASE TRAN, 70(4), 2000, pp. 289-311
Citations number
64
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science
Journal title
PHASE TRANSITIONS
ISSN journal
01411594 → ACNP
Volume
70
Issue
4
Year of publication
2000
Part
A
Pages
289 - 311
Database
ISI
SICI code
0141-1594(2000)70:4<289:TCEW"F>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
Early time kinetics of a system with conserved order parameter quenched int o an unstable two-phase region of the phase diagram is considered. We study the process of phase separation under the influence of random "frozen-in" inhomogeneities of mobility. The combined effect of this "frozen-in" random ness and persistent thermal fluctuations on the structure factor is discuss ed. The maximum instability of the Cahn-Hilliard type shifts to larger wave lengths, which may be interpreted as "coarsening" even for small times.