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Mechanisms for the Dynamics of Phase Transformations
Kurt Bindersubject
Phase transitionDynamics (music)Spinodal decompositionComputer scienceNucleationPhase (waves)Ising modelStatistical physicsScalingDomain (software engineering)description
An introductory review of the dynamics of (first- order) phase transitions is given. Concepts describing the initial stages of the transition, such as nucleation, spinodal decomposition (in the case of unmixing) are introduced, and their validity is critically discussed. The theoretical results are compared to recent computer simulations and pertinent experiments. Then the scaling concepts describing the late stages of domain growth are discussed, and open problems are outlined.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984-01-01 |