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Title: Phase separation and coarsening in electrostatically driven granular media.

Journal Article · · Phys. Rev. Lett.

A continuum model for the phase separation and coarsening in electrostatically driven granular media is formulated in terms of a Ginzburg-Landau equation subject to conservation of the total number of grains. In the regime of well-developed clusters, the continuum model is used to derive 'sharp-interface' equations that govern the dynamics of the interphase boundary. The model captures the essential physics of this system.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC); FOR
DOE Contract Number:
DE-AC02-06CH11357
OSTI ID:
949368
Report Number(s):
ANL/MSD/JA-40338; PRLTAO; TRN: US201012%%164
Journal Information:
Phys. Rev. Lett., Vol. 88, Issue 20 ; May 20, 2002; ISSN 0031-9007
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
ENGLISH