Universality and self-similarity in pinch-off of rods by bulk diffusion

Nature Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 796-800

  Aagesen, Larry K ^a   Johnson, Anthony E ^a   Fife, Julie L ^a,b   Voorhees, Peter W ^a   Miksis, Michael J ^a   Poulsen, Stefan O ^c   Lauridsen, Erik M ^c   Marone, Federica ^b   Stampanoni, Marco ^b,d  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; BINARY ALLOYS; COARSENING; COPPER ALLOYS; EUTECTICS; TOPOLOGY;

BICONTINUOUS STRUCTURES; FINITE TIME SINGULARITY; INTERFACIAL CURVATURE; INTERFACIAL MOTIONS; MATERIALS PARAMETERS; MULTI PHASE SYSTEMS; RAYLEIGH INSTABILITY; TOPOLOGICAL CHANGES;

DIFFUSION;

EID: 77957606220     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys1737     Document Type: Article

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