Interfacial Roughening Induced by Phase Separation
- 12 February 1996
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 76 (7) , 1106-1109
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.76.1106
Abstract
We consider thin films of binary mixtures coating a substrate which has a strong affinity for one of the components. Through computer simulations we show that phase separation in these films is accompanied by an anomalous roughening of the liquid-vapor interface. We elucidate the origin of this roughening and its relationship to the underlying phase separation process.Keywords
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