Polymer, Vol.39, No.21, 5253-5256, 1998
Percolation inversion in spinodal decomposition of mixtures with strong kinetic asymmetry
It is shown that spinodal decomposition in thin films of mixtures of liquids of very different viscosity may exhibit an inversion of percolation of the low- or the high-mobility portions of the liquid. The condition is that the initial single phase lies in the low-mobility region. This result is derived from the non-linear Cahn-Hilliard equation with a strongly concentration-dependent mobility. Viscoelastic effects are neglected.