Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-1-1983
Abstract
In this paper we discuss the results of computer simulations of the time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau equation appropriate to the spinodal decomposition of a two-component mixture with a conserved order parameter. The results for quantities of theoretical interest, such as the probability that the concentration has a particular value in a particular cell, as well as experimentally accessible quantities such as the structure function, are presented. For reasons of computer space, the simulation was done in two dimensions. The effects of incompressible flow, which might be important in some experimental situations, were not included in these calculations.
Publication Title
The Journal of Chemical Physics
Rights
© 1983 American Institute of Physics. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the American Institute of Physics. The following article appeared in the Journal of Chemical Physics 79:7, 3443-3456 and may be found at http://link.aip.org/link/doi/10.1063/1.446194
Recommended Citation
R. G. Petschek, H. Metiu; A computer simulation of the time‐dependent Ginzburg–Landau model for spinodal decomposition. J. Chem. Phys. 1 October 1983; 79 (7): 3443–3456. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.446194