Spinodal decomposition in an order-disorder transition: Effect of interfacial properties

Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 5101-5105

  Somoza, Andres M ^a,b   Sagui, Celeste ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 4243637686     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.53.5101     Document Type: Article

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16. The partial wetting pictures seem to indicate that the system is not flowing to any of the other two cases (for example, the ratio between the lengths of the two kinds of interfaces remains approximately constant).