Geometric evolution of bilayers under the functionalized cahn-hilliard equation

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 469, Issue 2153, 2013, Pages

  Dai, Shibin ^a   Promislow, Keith ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymptotic analysis; Bilayers; Functionalized cahn hilliard energy; Geometric evolution

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING;

BI-LAYER; BI-LAYER STRUCTURE; CAHN-HILLIARD EQUATION; FUNCTIONALIZED CAHN-HILLIARD; GEOMETRIC EVOLUTION; MULTI SCALE ANALYSIS; SHARP INTERFACE LIMITS; TOTAL SURFACE AREA;

ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS;

EID: 84877287388     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: 14712946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2012.0505     Document Type: Article

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