Interfacial energies of systems of chiral molecules

DOI10.1137/15M104894XzbMATH Open1354.49021arXiv1512.01123OpenAlexW2963695997MaRDI QIDQ5298151FDOQ5298151

Authors: Andrea Braides, Adriana Garroni, Mariapia Palombaro 

Publication date: 13 December 2016

Published in: Multiscale Modeling & Simulation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We consider a simple model for the assembly of chiral molecules in two dimensions driven by maximization of the contact area. We derive a macroscopic model described by a parameter taking nine possible values corresponding to the possible minimal microscopic patterns and modulated phases of the chiral molecules. We describe the overall behaviour by means of an interaction energy of perimeter type between such phases. This energy is a crystalline perimeter energy, highlighting preferred directions for the interfaces between ensembles of molecules labelled by different values of the parameter.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1512.01123

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zbMATH Keywords

\(\Gamma\)-convergencelattice systemsWulff shapesinterfacial energiescrystalline energieschiral molecules

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Variational problems in a geometric measure-theoretic setting (49Q20) Methods involving semicontinuity and convergence; relaxation (49J45) Discrete approximations in optimal control (49M25)

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