Competitive evaporation in arrays of droplets

We consider the evaporation of periodic arrays of initially equal droplets in two-dimensional systems with open (absorbing) boundaries. Our study is based on the numerical solution of the Cahn-Hilliard equation. We show that due to cooperative effects the droplets which are further from the boundary...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Lacasta Palacio, Ana María, Sokolov, Igor M., 1958-, Sancho, José M., Sagués i Mestre, Francesc
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:1998
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:2445/18729
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/18729
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Física estadística
Termodinàmica
Sistemes dinàmics diferenciables
Equacions d'estat
Transformacions de fase (Física estadística)
Ciències de la salut
Statistical physics
Thermodynamics
Differentiable dynamical systems
Equations of state
Phase transformations (Statistical physics)
Medical sciences
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Sumario:We consider the evaporation of periodic arrays of initially equal droplets in two-dimensional systems with open (absorbing) boundaries. Our study is based on the numerical solution of the Cahn-Hilliard equation. We show that due to cooperative effects the droplets which are further from the boundary may evaporate earlier than those in the boundary¿s vicinity. The time evolution of the overall amount of matter in the system is also studied.