Mixtures of Rod-like and Spherical Colloids under Confinement: Phase Transition Kinetics (D05)

延伸我们在棒球混合物上的工作，这是集中在体的平衡性质和系统局限于薄膜，我们现在将研究相变动力学。胶体分散的动力学包括流体动力学相互作用将通过多粒子碰撞动力学方法建模。我们将讨论富棒液滴在平面和弯曲壁上的非均匀成核动力学（也考虑圆柱约束），以及这些液滴在考虑与局部取向顺序相互作用的情况下的生长。当系统深度淬火到两相共存区域时，还将研究由于spinodal分解而产生的富含棒状胶体的渗透相的生长。

Extending our work on rod-sphere mixtures, which was focused on equilibrium properties of the bulk and the system confined to thin films, we will now study phase transition kinetics. The dynamics of the colloidal dispersion including hydrodynamic interactions will be modelled via the multi-particle collision dynamics method. We will address the kinetics of heterogeneous nucleation of rod-rich droplets at planar and curved walls (considering also cylindrical confinement), as well as the growth of these droplets under consideration of the interplay with local orientational order. When quenching the system deeply into the two-phase coexistence region the growth of a percolating phase rich in rod-like colloids due to spinodal decomposition will also be studied.