Ostwald ripening in two dimensions - The rigorous derivation of the equations from the Mullins-Sekerka dynamics

Journal of Differential Equations

Volumn 205, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-49

  Alikakos, Nicholas D ^a,b   Fusco, Giorgio ^c   Karali, Georgia ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asymptotics; Mullins Sekerka; Ostwald ripening; Stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 4344653609     PISSN: 00220396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jde.2004.05.008     Document Type: Article

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