| Issue |
Europhys. Lett.
Volume 37, Number 1, January I 1997
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| Page(s) | 13 - 18 | |
| Section | Condensed matter: structure, thermal and mechanical properties | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/epl/i1997-00110-7 | |
| Published online | 01 September 2002 | |
Spinodal decomposition with formation of a glassy phase
Faculty of Physics, University of Konstanz - Konstanz, Germany
Received:
18
July
1996
Accepted:
16
November
1996
The consequences of a glass transition occurring in one of the two phases formed by spinodal decomposition of a liquid mixture are investigated by numerical solution of the deterministic Cahn-Hilliard equation for two dimensions with a concentration-dependent mobility. The glass transition is modelled by a rapid decrease of the mobility coefficient with increasing concentration of the glass-forming component. For concentrations of the mixture for which the glassy phase percolates and the liquid phase is confined in droplets, a new coarsening mechanism is found which consists in the migration and eventual coalescence of liquid droplets in the glassy phase. For a particular model of the mobility coefficient the growth law for the characteristic length R(t) shows a pronounced plateau at intermediate times.
PACS: 64.75.+g – Solubility, segregation, and mixing / 64.70.Pf – Glass transitions / 61.25.Hq – Macromolecular and polymer solutions; polymer melts
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