 Ostwald ripening (source code)

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= Ostwald ripening
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In Ostwald ripening, the higher interfacial <chemical potential> of small droplets drives diffusion toward larger droplets, increasing the characteristic domain size. The <Gibbs--Thomson relation> supplies the curvature-dependent surface value, while <conserved order-parameter dynamics> controls transport through the surrounding phase.

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