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Area of Science:

  • Statistical Physics
  • Complex Networks
  • Computational Physics

Background:

  • The Ising model is a fundamental tool for studying phase transitions.
  • Network topology can profoundly influence system dynamics.
  • Understanding nucleation is crucial for phase transition kinetics.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Investigate how network topology affects Ising model nucleation dynamics.
  • Quantify the influence of network structure on nucleation rates and pathways.
  • Compare homogeneous and heterogeneous nucleation in scale-free networks.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized the forward flux sampling method for nucleation dynamics simulation.
  • Employed scale-free networks with power-law degree distributions (exponent γ).
  • Analyzed homogeneous and heterogeneous nucleation with varying impurity configurations.

Main Results:

  • Homogeneous nucleation clusters grow from low-degree nodes, with size following a power law.
  • Nucleation rate (R{Hom}) decays exponentially with network size; critical nucleus size increases linearly.
  • Targeted impurities enhance heterogeneous nucleation rate (R{Het}) more than random impurities.
  • Logarithmic ratio of heterogeneous to homogeneous nucleation rates scales with impurity number (w) differently for targeted and random cases.

Conclusions:

  • Homogeneous nucleation is less relevant in the thermodynamic limit due to exponential decay of nucleation rate with network size.
  • Targeted impurity placement offers a significantly more effective strategy for enhancing heterogeneous nucleation.
  • Simulation results are qualitatively supported by mean-field analysis, highlighting the role of network topology.