Ostwald ripening in two and three dimensions

Abstract

We present a new theoretical approach to Ostwald ripening of droplets for both two- and three-dimensional systems, where screening effects due to interacting droplets are incorporated. The solution of our mean-field equations gives both the coarsening rate and the droplet distribution function. The three-dimensional results conform well to experiments, while our two-dimensional results are in agreement with a numerical study we have performed.