Kinetics of Phase Transitions

Research involving kinetics of phase transitions - the evolution of systems from unstable or metastable states to their preferred equilibrium states - is receiving intense interest as the underlying physical processes are of great scientific and technological importance across a number of fields. With researchers in physics, chemistry, metallurgy, materials science, and biology all making contributions in recent years, our understanding of phase ordering dynamics has reached a high level of sophistication. While many challenging problems continue to arise, it is now clear that the paradigms and concepts of phase ordering dynamics are of much wider applicability than was initially thought.