Dynamic phase transition for binary systems in cylindrical geometry

I-Liang Chern; Chun-Hsiung Hsia

doi:10.3934/dcdsb.2011.16.173

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2011, Volume 16, Issue 1: 173-188. Doi: 10.3934/dcdsb.2011.16.173

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Dynamic phase transition for binary systems in cylindrical geometry

I-Liang Chern^1, and
Chun-Hsiung Hsia^2,

1.
Department of Mathematics and Taidar Institute of Mathematical Science, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 10617
2.
Department of Mathematics and Taidar Institute of Mthematical Science, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 10617

Received: January 31, 2010

Revised: July 31, 2010

Published: June 2011

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In this article, we present a dynamic phase transition and stability analysis for the Cahn-Hilliard equations in cylindrical geometry. Two types of phase transitions (the continuous type and the jump type) are determined explicitly in terms of relevant physical and geometric parameters.

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