The influence of elastic interactions on the phase diagram of a two-dimensional model binary alloy with antiferromagnetic nearest and ferromagnetic next-nearest-neighbor-type interactions is studied by Monte Carlo simulations and finite size scaling techniques. The elastic interaction leads to a...

We develop a rather general thermodynamically consistent phase-field model for solidification of a binary alloy, based on an entropy functional that contains squared gradient terms in the energy density, the composition and the phase-field variable. By assuming positive local entropy production,...