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ArticleRoyal Society open science2017

Stochastic phase segregation on surfaces.

Prerna Gera, David Salac

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Article in Royal Society open science, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Prerna GeraDepartment of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260-4400, USA.
David SalacDepartment of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260-4400, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6151-8247

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Phase separation and coarsening is a phenomenon commonly seen in binary physical and chemical systems that occur in nature. Often, thermal fluctuations, modelled as stochastic noise, are present in the system and the phase segregation process occurs on a surface. In this work, the segregation process is modelled via the Cahn-Hilliard-Cook model, which is a fourth-order parabolic stochastic system. Coarsening is analysed on two sample surfaces: a unit sphere and a dumbbell. On both surfaces, a statistical analysis of the growth rate is performed, and the influence of noise level and mobility is also investigated. For the spherical interface, it is also shown that a lognormal distribution fits the growth rate well.

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Cahn–Hilliardcurved surfacesphase fieldprobability distributionstochastic

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PMID28878994
PMCPMC5579110

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