Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Spinodal Decomposition in Three-Dimensional Binary Fluids

Abstract

Using large-scale molecular dynamics simulations of a two-component Lennard-Jones model in three dimensions, we show that the late-time dynamics of spinodal decomposition in concentrated binary fluids reaches a viscous scaling regime with a growth exponent $n=1$, in agreement with experiments and a theoretical analysis for viscous growth.

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