Abstract
A well-known model of one-dimensional Case II diffusion is reformulated in two dimensions. This 2-D model is used to study the stability of 1-D planar Case II diffusion to small spatial perturbations. An asymptotic solution based on the assumption of small perturbations and a small driving force is developed. This analysis reveals that while 1-D planar diffusion is indeed asymptotically stable to small spatial perturbations, it may exhibit a transient instability. That is, although any small perturbation is damped out over sufficiently long times, the amplitude of any perturbation initially grows with time. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 36: 2941–2947, 1998
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