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- Project C03: Spinodal decomposition of polymer-solvent systems
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- project-c03-spinodal-decomposition-of-polymer-solvent-systems
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- We consider the phase separation of dynamically asymmetric mixtures, in particular polymer solutions, after a sudden quench. Crucial aspects are (i) hydrodynamic momentum transport and (ii) the lack of time-scale separation between molecular relaxation and coarsening. This gives rise to complex dynamical processes such as the transient formation of network-like structures of the slow-component-rich phase, its volume shrinking, and lack of dynamic self-similarity, which are frequently summarized under the term viscoelastic phase separation.
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