Abstract
The dynamics of simultaneous ordering and phase separation in the presence of a long-range Coulomb interaction is investigated by a computer simulation. It is shown that an intermediate nonstoichiometric ordered single phase appears as a transient phase during decomposition of a binary homogeneous disordered solid solution into an equilibrium two-phase mixture of ordered and disordered phases. Introduction of the long-range Coulomb interactions results in a mesoscale phase which consists of periodical arrays of ordered phase particles embedded in a disordered matrix.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1477-1480 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Physical review letters |
| Volume | 70 |
| Issue number | 10 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1993 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- General Physics and Astronomy