Non-monotonic growth of a droplet during phase separation

Authors
Gitterman, M Hecht, I
Citation
M. Gitterman et I. Hecht, Non-monotonic growth of a droplet during phase separation, APPL SURF S, 177(3), 2001, pp. 197-200
Citations number
3
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science","Material Science & Engineering
Journal title
APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
ISSN journal
01694332 → ACNP
Volume
177
Issue
3
Year of publication
2001
Pages
197 - 200
Database
ISI
SICI code
0169-4332(20010608)177:3<197:NGOADD>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
Local overheating near the interface of a growing droplet may lead to a dec rease in the rate of droplet growth if the heat conductivity is sufficientl y small. Moreover, this rate may even change sign, so that droplets of radi us larger than a critical radius will shrink. The existence of a thermal ba th with hear loss through thermal dissipation narrows the range of existenc e of this phenomenon. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.