Dynamics of Ordering Processes in Condensed Matter

Front Matter....Pages i-xx
Introductory Remarks....Pages 1-2
A Historical Perspective....Pages 3-6
Atom Migration Dynamics in Crystals....Pages 7-16
Thermodynamic Formalism for a Critical Nucleus in Condensation from Vapor....Pages 17-22
Scaling and CAM Theory in Far-From-Equilibrium Systems....Pages 23-28
The Crystal Growth Kinetics in The Cluster Approximation....Pages 29-33
Some Problems Related to Scaling in Systems Undergoing Phase Separations....Pages 35-44
Growth Kinetics Problems and the Renormalization Group....Pages 45-56
Growth Process of Order Parameter — Block Spin Analysis....Pages 57-62
Statistical Physics Theory of Ostwald Ripening....Pages 63-70
On Volume Phase Transition in Gels....Pages 71-75
Morphology Dynamics of Polymer Blends and Block Copolymer Melts....Pages 77-81
Towards a Theory of Interfacial Pattern Formation....Pages 83-93
Pattern Formation of Snow Crystals — Simulation of Development of Facets By Means of Boundary Element Method....Pages 95-100
Numerical Simulation Studies of the Kinetics of First Order Phase Transitions....Pages 101-110
Monte Carlo Simulation of Modulated Phases....Pages 111-120
Vertex Dynamics of Two Dimensional Domain Growth....Pages 121-125
Ordering Process in a Quenched Tricritical System....Pages 127-132
Temperature-Dependence and Crossover Effects in Domain-Growth Kinetics....Pages 133-138
Order-Disorder Transitions in Hexagonal Binary Alloys — A Monte Carlo Analysis....Pages 139-149
Pc-Visualization of Phase Transitions in Alloys •••Kinetics of Ordering with Phase Separation....Pages 151-158
Transient Reversible Growth and Percolation During Phase Separation....Pages 159-165
Statistics of Random Pattern — Curvature, Percolation and Others....Pages 167-172
Molecular Dynamics of Vortex-Points in The Growth Process of a Quenched Complex Field....Pages 173-178
Lattice Simulation of Interface Dynamics in Eutectic Solidification....Pages 179-185
Antiphase Boundary Migration and Domain Coarsening in Bulk and Thin-Foil Fe-Al Specimens....Pages 299-307
Phase Decomposition in Al-Zn Alloys....Pages 187-198
Experimental Studies of Ordering and Decomposition Processes in Alloys....Pages 199-210
Microstructural Patterns and Kinetics of Phase Separation in Binary and Ternary Metallic Systems....Pages 211-221
Kinetics of Phase Separation Along Stable Trajectories....Pages 223-231
Effect of Spatial Correlation of Particles on Ostwald Ripening....Pages 233-238
The Kinetics of Spinodal Decomposition in Mn 67 Cu 33 ....Pages 239-244
Dynamical Scaling in a Ni-Si Alloy Undergoing Phase Separation....Pages 245-250
Volume Fraction Dependence of the Structure Function in Binary Systems Undergoing Phase Separation....Pages 251-255
Kinetics of Ordering and Cluster Stability : Non Diffusive Transformation in a Glassy Crystal....Pages 257-262
Oscillatory Behavior of Solute Concentration During Precipitation in an Al-1.14 at% Si Alloy Under the Influence of Electric Current....Pages 293-298
Cluster Shape Changes During Low Temperature Annealing....Pages 263-272
Dynamical Structure Change During Reversion in Al-Zn Alloys....Pages 273-280
The Very Early Stage of Phase Separation Process in Al-Li Alloys Studied by Small-Angle Neutron Scattering....Pages 281-286
Precipitate Coarsening Under the Influence of Elastic Energy in Ni-Base Alloys....Pages 287-292
The Remarkable Incubation Time on the Order-Disorder Phase Transition of Mg 3 In....Pages 309-314
Dynamics of Ordering with Phase Separation in Iron-Silicon Alloys....Pages 315-320
Dynamical Scaling in the Kinetics of Phase Separation and Order-Disorder Transition....Pages 321-325
Time Resolved X-Ray Scattering Study of the Ordering Kinetics in Thin Films of Cu 3 Au....Pages 327-332
Quenching and the Ordering Process of Dipole Moments in K 2 Ba(N0 2 ) 4 ....Pages 333-342
Soft Acoustic Modes and the Forming Process of the Ferroelastic Domains in KD 3 (Se0 3 ) 2 ....Pages 343-348
Glass Like Nature Of Magnetic Ordering In MCl 2 -GICs....Pages 349-354
Time Evolution of The Misfit Parameter in K 2 ZnCl 4 ....Pages 355-360
Phase Separation in Porous Media....Pages 361-372
Phase Separation in Fluids in the Absence of Gravity Effects....Pages 373-401
Growth of a Droplet Pattern (Breath Figures) on a Surface....Pages 403-413
Dynamics of Interfaces and Self-Similarity....Pages 415-419
Ordering Dynamics of Polymer Mixtures at Phase Transition....Pages 421-432
Dynamics of Concentration Fluctuation on Both Sides of Phase Boundary....Pages 433-443
Small Angle Scattering Experiments of Neutrons for the Polymer Blend PVME/d-PS....Pages 445-455
Mechanism and Kinetics of Phase Separation of a Semi-Rigid and Flexible Polymer Mixture....Pages 457-462
Transition of Linear Polymer Dimension from Theta to Collapsed Regime....Pages 463-479
Dynamics of Phase Transition in Polymer Gels: Studies of Spinodal Decomposition and Pattern Formation....Pages 481-486
Stochastic Approach to the Dynamics of Patterns in Condenced Matter by Scaling Expansion Method....Pages 487-492
Pattern Formation in Migration Processes....Pages 493-497
Dynamics of Interface Described by Generalized Random Walks....Pages 499-504
Patterns in the Protein Motions through the Biomembrane....Pages 505-507
Aggreagation Systen with a Source Prefers a Power Law Size Distribution....Pages 509-514
One-Dimensional Aggregation of Anisotropic Particles in an Exrenal Field....Pages 515-518
Concluding Remarks....Pages 555-556
Incommensurate-Commensurate Transition in the Long Period Superlattice in Ag-Mg Alloys....Pages 519-524
TEM Observation of Pattern Formation in the Incommensurate Phase of Quartz....Pages 525-530
Incommensurate-Commensurate Transition in 2H-Tase 2 ....Pages 531-536
Ultrasonic Studies on Pseudo-Critical Dynamics and Pseudo-Dynamical Scaling....Pages 537-542
Neutron and X-Ray Studies on Time Evolution of the Ordered Multi-Lamellar Phase in Aqueous Solution of Dipalmitoyl-Phosphatidylcholine....Pages 543-548
Neutron Study on Growth Process of Oxygen Precipitates in Czochralskigrown Silicon Crystals....Pages 549-554
Back Matter....Pages 557-574