Jove
Visualize
Contact Us
JoVE
x logofacebook logolinkedin logoyoutube logo
ABOUT JoVE
OverviewLeadershipBlogJoVE Help Center
AUTHORS
Publishing ProcessEditorial BoardScope & PoliciesPeer ReviewFAQSubmit
LIBRARIANS
TestimonialsSubscriptionsAccessResourcesLibrary Advisory BoardFAQ
RESEARCH
JoVE JournalMethods CollectionsJoVE Encyclopedia of ExperimentsArchive
EDUCATION
JoVE CoreJoVE BusinessJoVE Science EducationJoVE Lab ManualFaculty Resource CenterFaculty Site
Terms & Conditions of Use
Privacy Policy
Policies

Related Experiment Videos

Phase separation and coarsening in electrostatically driven granular media.

I S Aranson1, B Meerson, P V Sasorov

  • 1Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 S. Cass Avenue, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA.

Physical Review Letters
|May 15, 2002
PubMed
Summary

This study presents a continuum model for phase separation in granular materials driven by electrostatic forces. The model accurately describes cluster dynamics and interphase boundary behavior.

Related Concept Videos

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by
Same author

Increasing arterial compliance by laser modification of fibro-calcific plaques.

Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine·2025
Same author

Bulk superinsulation and polar nematic orders in nanopatterned NbTiN.

Nature communications·2025
Same author

Forty thousand kilometers under quantum protection.

Scientific reports·2023
Same author

Relaxation electrodynamics of superinsulators.

Scientific reports·2022
Same author

Time-dependent exchange creates the time-frustrated state of matter.

Scientific reports·2022
Same author

Supercapacitance and superinductance of TiN and NbTiN films in the vicinity of superconductor-to-insulator transition.

Scientific reports·2021

Area of Science:

  • Physics
  • Materials Science
  • Chemical Engineering

Background:

  • Granular media exhibit complex behaviors under external forces.
  • Phase separation and coarsening are critical phenomena in many-body systems.
  • Electrostatically driven systems present unique challenges in modeling.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To formulate a continuum model for phase separation and coarsening in electrostatically driven granular media.
  • To derive sharp-interface equations from the continuum model.
  • To capture the essential physics governing the system's dynamics.

Main Methods:

  • Formulation of a Ginzburg-Landau equation.
  • Incorporation of conservation of total grains.
  • Derivation of sharp-interface equations in the well-developed cluster regime.

Related Experiment Videos

Main Results:

  • A robust continuum model for electrostatically driven granular media.
  • Sharp-interface equations governing interphase boundary dynamics.
  • Successful capture of the system's essential physical processes.

Conclusions:

  • The developed continuum model provides a powerful tool for understanding granular media.
  • The derived sharp-interface equations offer insights into cluster evolution.
  • The model's ability to capture essential physics validates its utility.