Ostwald ripening with size-dependent rates: Similarity and power-law solutions

Ostwald ripening with size-dependent rates: Similarity and power-law solutions

The dynamics of Ostwald ripening is treated by cluster distribution kinetics represented by a population balance equation that also describes growth or dissolution. Unlike simple crystal growth driven by supersaturation, the smaller, more soluble clusters in the distribution dissolve during ripening near equilibrium and vanish when they reach the critical nucleus size. Larger clusters according...

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Ostwald ripening in nanoalloys: when thermodynamics drives a size-dependent particle composition.

Ostwald ripening has been broadly studied because it plays a determinant role in the evolution of cluster size during both chemical and physical synthesis of nanoparticles. This thermoactivated process causes large particles to grow, drawing material from the smaller particles, which shrink. However, this phenomenon becomes more complex when considering the coarsening of metallic alloy clusters...

Homoepitaxial Ostwald ripening

This paper reports level set simulations of the Ostwald ripening of two-dimensional homoepitaxial islands. The simulation accurately accounts for both adatom diffusion between the islands and adatom attachment/detachment processes at the island edges. We compute the time evolution of the average island size and the full island size distribution function. The results provide support for a previo...

Part I: Ostwald ripening theories

The physical basis behind the Ostwald ripening process for two-phase mixture has been reviewed in detail, using the various theories developed to describe this process. The Ostwald ripening, also termed second phase coarsening, is generally thought to be slow, diffusion-controlled process which occurs subsequent to phase separation under extremely small under-saturation levels. The major advanc...