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Dynamical spinodal: The transition between nucleation and spinodal decomposition

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Zeitschrift für Physik B Condensed Matter

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The nonclassical regime in the two phase region between nucleation and spinodal decomposition of a binary model with medium range interaction has been investigated. The Monte Carlo results indicate a dynamical spinodal. At this dynamical spinodal a transient percolating structure occurs. However, the mean droplet size remains finite there.

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Heermann, D.W. Dynamical spinodal: The transition between nucleation and spinodal decomposition. Z. Physik B - Condensed Matter 55, 309–315 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01304082

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