Derivation of the LSW-theory for Ostwald ripening by homogenization methods

DOI10.1007/s002050050147zbMath0947.76092MaRDI QIDQ1300663

Barbara Niethammer

Publication date: 2 November 2000

Published in: Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s002050050147

zbMATH Keywords

existence; uniqueness; approximate solutions; Young measures; comparison principles; parabolic problem; Ostwald ripening; first-order approximation; coarsening of solid phase; conservation law for particle size distribution; quasi-static equation; Stefan problem with surface tension; undercooled liquid

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

80A22: Stefan problems, phase changes, etc.

76T99: Multiphase and multicomponent flows

35B27: Homogenization in context of PDEs; PDEs in media with periodic structure

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