Effect of an imposed flow on phase-separating binary mixtures

Abstract
We study the phase separation of a binary mixture in uniform shear flow in the framework of the continuum convection-diffusion equation based on a Ginzburg-Landau free energy. This equation is solved both numerically and in the context of large-N approximation. Our results show the existence of domains with two typical sizes, whose relative abundance changes in time. As a consequence log-time periodic oscillations are observed in the behavior of most thermodynamic observables.
Anno
2003
Autori IAC
Tipo pubblicazione
Altri Autori
F. Corberi, G. Gonnella, A. Lamura
Editore
World Scientific.
Rivista
Fractals (Singap.)