The gradient theory of phase transitions and the minimal interface criterion

DOI10.1007/BF00251230zbMath0616.76004MaRDI QIDQ1821628

Luciano Modica

Publication date: 1987

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

zbMATH Keywords

phase transitionsinterfacial energydensity gradientVan der Waals-Cahn-Hilliard theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Phase transitions (general) in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B26) Variational principles of physics (49S05) Foundations of fluid mechanics (76A02)

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