Does coarsening begin during the initial stages of spinodal decomposition?

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 122, Issue 21, 2005, Pages

  Rappl, Timothy J ^a   Balsara, Nitash P ^b  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHASE-SEPARATED STRUCTURES; PRESSURE QUENCH; SPINODAL DECOMPOSITION; TIME-RESOLVED SMALL ANGLE NEUTRON SCATTERING;

DATA REDUCTION; GYRATORS; NEUTRON SCATTERING; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PHASE SEPARATION; QUENCHING; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THERMODYNAMICS;

POLYOLEFINS;

EID: 21244490835     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1905584     Document Type: Article

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