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Monte-Carlo simulations of spinodal ordering and decomposition in compositionally modulated alloys

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

Michael Atzmon
Michael Atzmon
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Department of Nuclear Engineering, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
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Abstract

The early-stage kinetics of interdiffusion in compositionally modulated films have been studied by Monte-Carlo simulations on an Ising lattice in two and three dimensions, using nearest-neighbor interactions. For a negative heat of mixing and below the order-disorder transition temperature, if a short-wavelength modulation is along a direction that is not consistent with long-range order, then its temporal evolution does not follow the Cahn-Hilliard-Cook theory. The modulation amplitude decreases as a function of time, rather than increases; i.e., no one-dimensional spinodal ordering is observed. This disagreement with the theory implies that ordering in three dimensions cannot be described by a one-dimensional theory.

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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 5 , Issue 1 , January 1990 , pp. 92 - 97
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1990

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