Equilibrium shapes for planar crystals in an external field

DOI10.1007/S002200050409MaRDI QIDQ1291005zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors 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

convexityisoperimetrysurface tensionsurface energyWulff constructionconvex background potentialconvex crystalscurvture-driven flowequilibrium shape of two-dimensional crystalshape of minimum energy

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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