title: Noise of microstructural environments in late-stage phase coarsening.
abstract: Multiparticle diffusion equations were modeled to simulate the dynamics of late-stage phase coarsening in the region of lower volume fractions. Local environmental information and particle interactions within each coarsening "locale" are included in our simulations. These studies reveal that locale fluctuations occur in the growth rates of particles due to their differing environments. Multiplicative noise provides a sound basis to describe locale fluctuation in late-stage coarsening. A Fokker-Planck equation for the particle size distribution and its asymptotic solution are obtained.
authors.affiliation: Materials Science and Engineering Department, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York 12180, USA.
authors.forename: K G
authors.initials: KG
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Glicksman