TRANSITION FROM METASTABILITY TO INSTABILITY IN A BINARY-LIQUID MIXTURE

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作者
TANAKA, H [1 ]
YOKOKAWA, T [1 ]
ABE, H [1 ]
HAYASHI, T [1 ]
NISHI, T [1 ]
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[1] UNIV TOKYO,FAC ENGN,DEPT APPL PHYS,BUNKYO KU,TOKYO 113,JAPAN
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.65.3136
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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In a binary mixture of oligomers of styrene and caprolactone, we have studied a transition from metastability to instability by changing a quench depth systematically under an off-critical quench condition. The concentration distribution function turns out to be a good fingerprint for determining whether phase separation is nucleation-growth type or spinodal-decomposition type. We also demonstrate clear morphological and kinetice evidence of a diffuse metastable-unstable transition or crossover phenomena theoretically predicted for the system with a finite-range interaction. © 1990 The American Physical Society.
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页码:3136 / 3139
页数:4
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