title: Kinetics of fluid demixing in complex plasmas: role of two-scale interactions.
abstract: Using experiments and combining theory and computer simulations, we show that binary complex plasmas are particularly good model systems to study the kinetics of fluid-fluid demixing at the "atomistic" (individual particle) level. The essential parameters of interparticle interactions in complex plasmas, such as the interaction range(s) and degree of nonadditivity, can be varied significantly, which allows systematic investigations of different demixing regimes. The critical role of competition between long-range and short-range interactions at the initial stage of the spinodal decomposition is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany.
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authors.lastname: Wysocki
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authors.lastname: Räth
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authors.lastname: Ivlev
authors.forename: K R
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authors.lastname: Sütterlin
authors.forename: H M
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authors.lastname: Thomas
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authors.lastname: Khrapak
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authors.lastname: Zhdanov
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authors.lastname: Fortov
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authors.lastname: Lipaev
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authors.lastname: Molotkov
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authors.lastname: Petrov
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authors.lastname: Löwen
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authors.lastname: Morfill