Part of my research has been focused on mathematical models for phase separation in multi-component alloys, in particular on the phenomenon of nucleation. Below you can see some movies of simulated phase separation in a ternary Cahn-Morral model with components U, V, and W, for a variety of values of the total mass mU. The remaining two components have masses mV = 0.2 - mU and mW = 0.8.
| mU = 0.100
| mU = 0.105
| mU = 0.110
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| mU = 0.115
| mU = 0.120
| mU = 0.125
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| mU = 0.130
| mU = 0.135
| mU = 0.140
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The following simulations are for the same mass values, but for larger interaction length. They show the formation of the nuclei more clearly.
mU = 0.100
| mU = 0.105
| mU = 0.110
|
mU = 0.115
| mU = 0.120
| mU = 0.125
|
mU = 0.130
| mU = 0.135
| mU = 0.140
|