Coarsening

Collaborators

• Andrew Rutenberg, Dalhousie University
• Melinda Gildner, Bucknell University '06
• Fawntia Fowler, Reed College '06
• Jaime Wallace, Bucknell University '05
• Phil Marquis, Bucknell University '07
• David Enrico, Bucknell University '02
• James Miante, Bucknell University '01

Publications

• Fast and Accurate Coarsening Simulation with an Unconditionally Stable Time Step
  Benjamin P. Vollmayr-Lee and Andrew D. Rutenberg
  Phys. Rev. E 68, 066703 (2003). Preprint: cond-mat/0308174.

• Cluster Persistence: a Discriminating Probe of Soap Froth Dynamics
  W.Y. Tam, A.D. Rutenberg, B.P. Vollmayr-Lee, and K.Y. Szeto
  Europhys. Lett. 51, 223 (2000); Preprint: cond-mat/9906217.

• Anisotropic Coarsening: Grain Shapes and Nonuniversal Persistence
  Andrew D. Rutenberg and Benjamin P. Vollmayr-Lee
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 3772 (1999); Preprint: cond-mat/9903438.

• Filler-Induced Composition Waves in Phase-Separating Polymer Blends
  Benjamin P. Lee, Jack F. Douglas, and Sharon C. Glotzer
  Phys. Rev. E 60, 5812 (1999); Preprint: cond-mat/9906111.

• Persistence, Poisoning, and Autocorrelations in Dilute Coarsening
  Benjamin P. Lee and Andrew D. Rutenberg
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 79, 4842 (1997); Preprint: cond-mat/9707228.

• Phase Ordering in One-Dimensional Systems with Long-Range Interactions
  Benjamin P. Lee and John Cardy
  Phys. Rev. E 48, 2452 (1993); Preprint: cond-mat/9306010.

Work in Progress

• Solving Lifshitz-Slyozov theory for dilute coarsening with a surface tension anisotropy, with Melinda Gildner and Fawntia Fowler.

• Studying the effects of anisotropic surface tension, with Jaime Wallace and David Enrico.

• Measuring persistence for conserved coarsening, with Phil Marquis and James Miante.

• Determining the universality classses of the domain morphology distribution, with Andrew Rutenberg.

• Developing new numerical methods for simulating coarsening, with Andrew Rutenberg.

This page maintained by Ben Vollmayr-Lee. Last updated February 1, 2005.