Equilibrium shapes for planar crystals in an external field

DOI10.1007/S002200050409zbMath0936.74029OpenAlexW2006785456MaRDI QIDQ1291005

Robert J. McCann

Publication date: 18 May 2000

Published in: Communications in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s002200050409

zbMATH Keywords

convexitysurface tensionisoperimetrysurface energyWulff constructionconvex background potentialconvex crystalscurvture-driven flowequilibrium shape of two-dimensional crystalshape of minimum energy

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Crystalline structure (74E15) Statistical mechanics of crystals (82D25) Optimization of shapes other than minimal surfaces (49Q10)

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