Kinetics of coarsening have dramatic effects on the microstructure: self-similarity breakdown induced by viscosity contrast

Abstract

The viscous coarsening of a phase separated mixture is studied and the effects of the viscosity contrast between the phases are investigated. From an analysis of the microstructure, it appears that for moderate departure from the perfectly symmetric regime the self-similar bicontinuous regime is robust. However, the connectivity of one phase decreases when its volume fraction decreases or when it is becoming less viscous than the complementary phase. Eventually self-similarity breakdown is observed and characterized.

13 pages 10 figures. To appear in Physical Review E

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• On self similarity and coarsening rate of a convecting bicontinuous phase separating mixture: effect of the viscosity contrast

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