The kinetics of phase transitions: II. The role of interface between clusters
The present developments in the physics of complex systems, in particular, the struc- tural relaxation of supercooled liquids and glasses, are discussed by using a stochastic cluster- based model. We are able to depict the impact of the interface between the nucleus considered as a cluster of a ce...
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D.Ghitu Institute of Electronic Engineering and Nanotechnologies
2010
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| Online Access: | https://doaj.org/article/aa2b0589a15b4c1c81761f6166575a8e |
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| Summary: | The present developments in the physics of complex systems, in particular, the struc-
tural relaxation of supercooled liquids and glasses, are discussed by using a stochastic cluster-
based model. We are able to depict the impact of the interface between the nucleus considered
as a cluster of a certain number of molecules and the liquid phase for the enhancement of the
overall nucleation process. It is also shown that even a relatively simple stochastic model,
which appears phenomenological if it is not agent-based, can describe precisely the outcomes
from multiple agent-based simulation runs where probabilistic insight is lacking and which
should be long enough to equilibrate the states of large systems. |
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