Abstract
We present results of a Monte Carlo study of the time development of a two-dimensional order-disorder model binary alloy following a quench to low temperature from a disordered, high-temperature state. The behavior is qualitatively quite similar to that seen in a recent study of a three-dimensional system. The structure function exhibits a scaling of the form K2(t)S(k,T)=G(kK(t)) where the moment K(t) decreases with time approximately like t-12. If one interprets this moment as being inversely proportional to the domain size, the characteristic domain growth rate is proportional to t-12. Additional insight into this time evolution is obtained from studying the development of the short-range order, as well as from monitoring the growth of a compact ordered domain embedded in a region of opposite order. All these results are consistent with the picture of domain growth as proposed by Lifshitz and by Cahn and Allen.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 410-418 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Physical Review B |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1981 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Condensed Matter Physics