Enslaved phase-separation fronts and Liesegang pattern formation

DOI10.4208/CICP.101109.020910SzbMATH Open1364.35039arXiv0911.1995OpenAlexW2964283501MaRDI QIDQ5345864FDOQ5345864

Authors: E. M. Foard, Alexander J. Wagner 

Publication date: 7 June 2017

Published in: Communications in Computational Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We show that an enslaved phase-separation front moving with diffusive speeds U = C T^(-1/2) can leave alternating domains of increasing size in their wake. We find the size and spacing of these domains is identical to Liesegang patterns. For equal composition of the components we are able to predict the exact form of the pattern analytically. We also show that there is a critical value for C below which only two domains are formed. Our analytical predictions are verified by numerical simulations using a lattice Boltzmann method.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0911.1995

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Pattern formations in context of PDEs (35B36) Applications to the sciences (65Z05) Multiphase and multicomponent flows (76T99)

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