# Morphological Phase Separation in Unstable Thin Films: Pattern Formation and Growth

Source: [Morphological Phase Separation in Unstable Thin Films: Pattern Formation and Growth](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa36551e209131ce8a8cfa>)

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Authors: Prabhat K. Jaiswal, Manish Vashishtha, Sanjay Puri, Rajesh Khanna

Published: 2011-06-15T09:57:29.000Z

## Abstract

We present results from a comprehensive numerical study of {\\it morphological phase separation} (MPS) in unstable thin liquid films on a 2-dimensional substrate. We study the quantitative properties of the evolution morphology via several experimentally relevant markers, e.g., correlation function, structure factor, domain-size and defect-size probability distributions, and growth laws. Our results suggest that the late-stage morphologies exhibit dynamical scaling, and their evolution is self-similar in time. We emphasize the analogies and differences between MPS in films and segregation kinetics in unstable binary mixtures.

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## Original sources and implementation

[Original paper](<https://arxiv.org/abs/1106.2919>)

[PDF](<https://arxiv.org/pdf/1106.2919.pdf>)