Coarsening through directed droplet coalescence in fluid-fluid phase separation

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dc.contributor.author	Thakur, Snigdha	-
dc.contributor.author	Pullarkat, Pramod A.	-
dc.contributor.author	Sunil Kumar, P.B.	-
dc.date.accessioned	2010-07-22T06:04:35Z	-
dc.date.available	2010-07-22T06:04:35Z	-
dc.date.issued	2009-07-31	-
dc.identifier.citation	Physical Review E, 2009, Vol.80, p11708	en
dc.identifier.issn	1550-2376 (Online)	-
dc.identifier.issn	1539-3755	-
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2289/3926	-
dc.description	Open Access	en
dc.description.abstract	Phase-separation dynamics of an asymmetric mixture of an isotropic dopant in a nematogenic fluid is presented. We show that, on steady cooling, the nucleating nematic drops move down the dopant concentration gradient, with a velocity that is dependent on the cooling rate and concentration gradient. This propulsion of the drops leads to a mechanism of droplet coarsening, where radius of a drop scales with time as R(t)∼t. Various mechanisms for droplet propulsion are discussed.	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	American Physical Society	en
dc.relation.uri	http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.80.011708	en
dc.relation.uri	http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2009PhRvE..80a1708T	en
dc.rights	2009 The American Physical Society	en
dc.title	Coarsening through directed droplet coalescence in fluid-fluid phase separation	en
dc.type	Article	en
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