Solitary Modes and the Eckhaus Instability in Directional Solidification
- 28 November 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 61 (22) , 2574-2577
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.61.2574
Abstract
In a directional solidification experiment on a moving nematic-isotropic interface, we observe solitary modes propagating across the interface. We also observe the Eckhaus instability. In the presence of solitary modes, the pattern-selection mechanism is dynamic.Keywords
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