Coarsening phenomena

TL;DR

This paper reviews pattern formation and coarsening phenomena, highlighting recent experimental and theoretical advances, and introduces phase ordering kinetics as a key concept in understanding these processes.

Contribution

It provides an overview of recent developments in coarsening phenomena and serves as an introduction to phase ordering kinetics in this context.

Findings

Summarizes recent experimental findings

Discusses theoretical models of coarsening

Introduces phase ordering kinetics as a framework

Abstract

This article gives a short description of pattern formation and coarsening phenomena and focuses on recent experimental and theoretical advances in these fields. It serves as an introduction to phase ordering kinetics and it will appear in the special issue `Coarsening dynamics', Comptes Rendus de Physique, edited by F. Corberi and P. Politi.