Dynamic transitions and pattern formations for a Cahn-Hilliard model with long-range repulsive interactions

DOI10.4310/CMS.2015.V13.N5.A10zbMATH Open1332.35148arXiv1106.4004OpenAlexW2963479352MaRDI QIDQ500899FDOQ500899

Authors: Honghu Liu, Taylan Sengul, Shouhong Wang, Pingwen Zhang 

Publication date: 8 October 2015

Published in: Communications in Mathematical Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The main objective of this article is to study the order-disorder phase transition and pattern formation for systems with long-range repulsive interactions. The main focus is on the Cahn-Hilliard model with a nonlocal term in the corresponding energy functional, representing the long-range repulsive interaction. First, we show that as soon as the linear problem loses stability, the system always undergoes a dynamic transition to one of the three types, forming different patterns/structures. The types of transition are then dictated by a nondimensional parameter, measuring the interactions between the long-range repulsive term and the quadratic and cubic nonlinearities in the model. The derived explicit form of this parameter offers precise information for the phase diagrams. Second, we obtain a novel and explicit pattern selection mechanism associated with the competition between the long-range repulsive interaction and the short-range attractive interactions. In particular, the hexagonal pattern is unique to the long-range interaction, and is associated with a novel two-dimensional reduced transition equations on the center manifold generated by the unstable modes, consisting of (degenerate) quadratic terms and non-degenerate cubic terms. Finally, explicit information on the metastability and basin of attraction of different disordered/ordered states and patterns are derived as well.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1106.4004

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zbMATH Keywords

phase transitionCahn-Hilliard equationlong-range interactionspattern formationcenter manifold reduction

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Bifurcations in context of PDEs (35B32) Pattern formations in context of PDEs (35B36) Initial-boundary value problems for higher-order parabolic equations (35K35) General theory of infinite-dimensional dissipative dynamical systems, nonlinear semigroups, evolution equations (37L05) Normal forms, center manifold theory, bifurcation theory for infinite-dimensional dissipative dynamical systems (37L10)

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