A Cahn-Hilliard model in a domain with non-permeable walls (Q633748)

Let \(\Omega\) be a bounded domain of \(\mathbb R^3\) with smooth boundary \(\Gamma\) and consider the following Cahn-Hilliard equation \[ \partial_t\rho - \Delta\mu = 0 , \quad \mu = -\Delta\rho + f(\rho) \quad\text{in }(0,\infty)\times \Omega \] with dynamic boundary conditions \[ w\partial_t \rho - \delta \Delta_\Gamma \mu + \partial_n \mu = \partial_n\rho - \sigma\Delta_\Gamma \rho + g(\rho) - w\mu = 0 \quad \text{on } (0,\infty)\times\Gamma. \] Here \(\delta\) and \(\sigma\) are nonnegative real numbers, \(w\) is a positive bounded function such that \(1/w\) is bounded, \(\Delta_\Gamma\) denotes the Laplace-Beltrami operator on \(\Gamma\), \(f\) is the derivative of a (possibly non-smooth) double-well potential and \(g\) is a smooth function. The existence and uniqueness of a weak solution \(\rho\) are proved for a rather general class of data \(f\) and \(g\). Regularity for positive times of the solution is investigated according to the growth of \(f\) and \(g\). Existence of a bounded absorbing set and a compact attractor is shown as well. Finally, if \(f\) and \(g\) are also assumed to be real analytic functions, convergence of the solution to a steady state is proved with the help of the now classical Łojasiewicz-Simon inequality.