https://doi.org/10.1140/epjst/e2013-01898-7
Review
Surface-directed spinodal decomposition and enrichment in fluid mixtures: Molecular dynamics simulations
Kinetics of fluid mixtures at surfaces
1 School of Physical Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 110067, India
2 Institut für Physik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Staudinger Weg 7, 55099 Mainz, Germany
3 Theoretical Sciences Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Jakkur, Bangalore 560064, India
a e-mail: purijnu@gmail.com
Received:
22
March
2013
Revised:
3
May
2013
Published online:
11
July
2013
We present results from molecular dynamics simulations for the non-equilibrium evolution of a binary fluid in the presence of a wetting surface. We study the pattern dynamics which results when a homogeneous fluid mixture is quenched to temperatures both above and below the critical temperature. Our extensive computer simulation results are in agreement with arguments based on Ginzburg-Landau theory.
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