A rigorous derivation of mean-field models for diblock copolymer melts (Q607788)
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A rigorous derivation of mean-field models for diblock copolymer melts (English)
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3 December 2010
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This paper is an excellent example where formal asymptotic intuition inspires in an essential manner the rigorous analysis. The authors study a free-boundary problem describing the micro-phase separation of diblock copolymer melts considered in a special scaling regime. Using the intimate gradient-flow structure of the problem, the mean-field equations are rigorously derived at least for small times. On this way, the authors provide a sound theoretical basis for some of the formal mean-field calculations.
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diblock copolymer melts
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mean-field limit
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homogenization
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gradient-flow structure
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