Ostwald ripening in two and three dimensions
Author(s) -
Jian Yao,
K. R. Elder,
Guo Hong,
Martin Grant
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
physical review. b, condensed matter
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1095-3795
pISSN - 0163-1829
DOI - 10.1103/physrevb.45.8173
Subject(s) - ostwald ripening , distribution function , statistical physics , function (biology) , materials science , field (mathematics) , distribution (mathematics) , ripening , physics , chemical physics , thermodynamics , nanotechnology , mathematics , mathematical analysis , chemistry , food science , evolutionary biology , biology , pure mathematics
We present a new theoretical approach to Ostwald ripening of droplets for both two- and three-dimensional systems, where screening effects due to interacting droplets are incorporated. The solution of our mean-field equations gives both the coarsening rate and the droplet distribution function. The three-dimensional results conform well to experiments, while our two-dimensional results are in agreement with a numerical study we have performed
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