Dynamics of Ordering Processes in Condensed Matter

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xx

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2. Introductory Remarks

   1. Introductory Remarks

      • Kyozi Kawasaki

      Pages 1-2

   2. A Historical Perspective

      • John W. Cahn

      Pages 3-6

3. Theoretical

   1. General Theory

      1. Atom Migration Dynamics in Crystals

         • Ryoichi Kikuchi

         Pages 7-16

      2. Thermodynamic Formalism for a Critical Nucleus in Condensation from Vapor

         • Kazumi Nishioka

         Pages 17-22

      3. Scaling and CAM Theory in Far-From-Equilibrium Systems

         • Masuo Suzuki

         Pages 23-28

      4. The Crystal Growth Kinetics in The Cluster Approximation

         • K. Wada, H. Tsuchinaga, T. Uchida

         Pages 29-33

   2. Theory for Spindal Decomposition

      1. Some Problems Related to Scaling in Systems Undergoing Phase Separations

         • Hiroshi Furukawa

         Pages 35-44

      2. Growth Kinetics Problems and the Renormalization Group

         • Z. W. Lai, Gene F. Mazenko, Oriol T. Valls

         Pages 45-56

      3. Growth Process of Order Parameter — Block Spin Analysis

         • Macoto Kikuchi, Yutaka Okabe

         Pages 57-62

      4. Statistical Physics Theory of Ostwald Ripening

         • Michio Tokuyama

         Pages 63-70

   3. Theory for Phase Transition of Polymer

      1. On Volume Phase Transition in Gels

         • Akira Onuki

         Pages 71-75

      2. Morphology Dynamics of Polymer Blends and Block Copolymer Melts

         • Kyozi Kawasaki, Ken Sekimoto

         Pages 77-81

   4. Dendrite & Snow

      1. Towards a Theory of Interfacial Pattern Formation

         • David A. Kessler, Herbert Levine

         Pages 83-93

      2. Pattern Formation of Snow Crystals — Simulation of Development of Facets By Means of Boundary Element Method

         • E. Yokoyama, T. Kuroda

         Pages 95-100

4. Numerical Simulation

   1. Spinodal Decomposition and Order-Disorder

      1. Numerical Simulation Studies of the Kinetics of First Order Phase Transitions

         • J. D. Gunton, E. T. Gawlinski, K. Kaski

         Pages 101-110

      2. Monte Carlo Simulation of Modulated Phases

         • D. J. Srolovitz, G. N. Hassold, J. Gayda

         Pages 111-120

      3. Vertex Dynamics of Two Dimensional Domain Growth

         • Tatsuzo Nagai, Kyozi Kawasaki, Katsuhiro Nakamura

         Pages 121-125

      4. Ordering Process in a Quenched Tricritical System

         • Takao Ohtat, Yoshihisa Enomoto, Kyozi Kawasaki, Akinori Sato

         Pages 127-132

      5. Temperature-Dependence and Crossover Effects in Domain-Growth Kinetics

         • Ole G. Mouritsen, Hans C. Fogedby, Eigil Præstgaard

         Pages 133-138

The International Symposium on Dynamics of Ordering Processes in Condensed Matter was held at the Kansai Seminar House, Kyoto, for four days, from 27 to 30 August 1987, under the auspices of the Physical Soci­ ety of Japan. The symposium was financially supported by the four orga­ nizations and 45 companies listed on other pages in this volume. We are very grateful to all of them and particularly to the greatest sponsor, the Commemorative Association for the Japan World Exposition 1970. A total Df 22 invited lectures and 48 poster presentations were given and 110 participants attended from seven nations. An objective of the Symposium was to review and extend our present understanding of the dynamics of ordering processes in condensed matters, (for example, alloys, polymers and fluids), that are brought to an un­ stable state by sudden change of such external parameters as temperature and pressure. A second objective, no less important, was to identify new fields of science that might be investigated by similar, but sometimes more sophisticated, concepts and tactics. An emphasis was laid on those universal aspects of the laws governing the ordering processes which transcended the detailed differences among the substances used. The 71 lectures reproduced in this volume bear witness to the success of the Symposium in meeting amply the first objective and, to a lesser extent, the second.

• Metall
• X-ray
• X-ray scattering
• alloy
• condensed matter
• crystal
• glass
• neutron scattering
• polymer
• polymers
• porous media
• ultrasound

• Faculty of Integrated Arts and Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima 730, Japan

  S. Komura

• Faculty of Education, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi 753, Japan

  H. Furukawa

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