First-order phase transition at a fluctuation stage into non-linear dissipative plasma-like media is considered. The clustering of new phase germs (or nucleation) is represented by stochastic Wiener processes. Brownian motion of clusters induced by a long-range potential of indirect (through acoustic phonons and Friedel's oscillation of electron density) interaction between one another is taken into account. Kinetic models for blistering materials in a controlled thermonuclear reactor and for melted metal thin film islands deposition during surface CVD modification are both put forward. The non-steady-state distribution of clusters versus their size and position in space is calculated using Ito–Stratonovich stochastic differential equations. Formation of radiation stimulated porosity layers in a lattice as well as liquid island chains on the surface are to be discussed as characteristics of phase transition at fluctuation stages as well as a new kind of self-organization phenomenon.
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