Scaling of domain size during spinodal decomposition:: Dislocation discreteness and mobility effects -: art. no. 251901

In this letter, we examine the effects of discrete mobile dislocations on spinodal decomposition kinetics in lattice mismatched binary alloys. By employing a novel continuum model, we demonstrate that the effects of dislocation mobility on domain coarsening kinetics can be expressed in a unified manner through a scaling function, describing a crossover from t(1/2) to t(1/3) behavior. (c) 2005 American Institute of Physics.