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Mixed-Plastic Compatibilization: Domain Size Control (2D)

Watch a 2D field of immiscible-plastic domains coarsen in real time via contact coalescence and Ostwald ripening — dial in compatibilizer loading and see interfacial tension and domain growth rate genuinely collapse.

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A real-time 2D top-down slice of the same melt: instead of a single equilibrium droplet size, this view runs simulated processing time forward and lets a field of immiscible-plastic domains genuinely coarsen through contact coalescence and Ostwald ripening — the two mechanisms that make recycled mixed-plastic streams coarsen if they aren't compatibilized. Dial in compatibilizer loading, shear rate and dispersed-phase fraction, and watch the live domain-size-distribution histogram and the mean-domain-size-vs-time chart show exactly how much a compatibilizer slows that growth.

⚙ Under the hood

Blend two immiscible waste plastics in a 3D melt and dial in a block-copolymer compatibilizer: watch interfacial tension collapse and dispersed-phase droplets shrink under Wu's droplet-breakup correlation.

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2D · HTML5 Canvas 2D · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install