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Coarsening in fluid phase transitions

“…8 we show an -versus-t plot for d = 2 with off-critical composition [49]. Here an exponent α = 1/2 is visible, corresponding to the BS mechanism.…”

“…Though MD simulations in this context are relatively rare, the theoretical expectations for critical quenches are confirmed to a good degree [11,[37][38][39][40][41]. Here we focus on vapor-liquid phase separation, for which MD simulations are mostly recent [42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49]. Particular emphasis is placed on off-critical (overall density close to the vapor branch of the coexistence curve) quenches that provide the droplet morphology.…”

“…The results obtained using this thermostat have been tested against other methods. For example, for d = 2, we have compared [49] them with the Lowe-Andersen thermostat (LAT). The LAT is an improvement over the basic Andersen thermostat (AT).…”

“…We will present results [45][46][47]49] for both d = 2 and 3, from MD simulations in periodic square or cubic boxes of linear dimension L (in units of σ ). All results were obtained after averaging over adequately large numbers of independent initial configurations.…”

“…Molecular dynamics results for vapor-liquid transitions are presented [45][46][47]49] for d = 2 and 3. These include percolating as well as droplet structures.…”