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We consider a diffuse interface model that describes the macro- and micro-phase separation processes of a polymer mixture. The resulting system consists of a Cahn-Hilliard equation and a Cahn-Hilliard-Oono type equation endowed with the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-05-01 Bohan Ouyang

We consider the existence of suitable weak solutions to the Cahn-Hilliard equation with a non-constant (degenerate) mobility on a class of evolving surfaces. We also show weak-strong uniqueness for the case of a positive mobility function,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-08-04 Charles M. Elliott , Thomas Sales

Bounded weak solutions to a particular class of degenerate parabolic cross-diffusion systems are shown to coincide with the unique strong solution determined by the same initial condition on the maximal existence interval of the latter. The…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-07-04 Philippe Laurençot , Bogdan-Vasile Matioc

A system of phase-field equations with strong-coupling through state and gradient dependent non-diagonal mobility matrices is studied. Existence of weak solutions is established by the Galerkin approximation and a-priori estimates in strong…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-11-27 Aaron Brunk , Herbert Egger , Timileyin David Oyedeji , Yangyiwei Yang , Bai-Xiang Xu

The existence problem for {C}ahn--{H}illiard system with dynamic boundary conditions and time periodic conditions is discussed. We apply the abstract theory of evolution equations by using viscosity approach and the Schauder fixed point…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-12-12 Taishi Motoda

In the present work, we address a class of Cahn-Hilliard equations characterized by a singular diffusion term. The problem is a simplified version with constant mobility of the Cahn-Hilliard-de Gennes model of phase separation in binary,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2012-06-26 Giulio Schimperna , Irena Pawlow

We introduce a fractional variant of the Cahn-Hilliard equation settled in a bounded domain and with a possibly singular potential. We first focus on the case of homogeneous Dirichlet boundary conditions, and show how to prove the existence…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-08-12 Elisa Davoli , Chiara Gavioli , Luca Lombardini

The mathematical analysis of diffuse-interface models for multiphase flows has attracted significant attention due to their ability to capture complex interfacial dynamics, including curvature effects, within a unified, energetically…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-09-25 Pierluigi Colli , Gianni Gilardi , Andrea Signori , Jürgen Sprekels

The continuous dependence on the initial data and consequently the uniqueness of bounded weak solutions to a class of triangular reaction-cross-diffusion equations is shown. The class includes two-species doubly degenerate equations for…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-09-29 Xiuqing Chen , Bang Du , Ansgar Jüngel

We consider weak solutions for a diffuse interface model of two non-Newtonian viscous, incompressible fluids of power-law type in the case of different densities in a bounded, sufficiently smooth domain. This leads to a coupled system of a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-01-03 Helmut Abels , Dominic Breit

A class of parabolic cross-diffusion systems modeling the interaction of an arbitrary number of population species is analyzed in a bounded domain with no-flux boundary conditions. The equations are formally derived from a random-walk…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-02-20 Nicola Zamponi , Ansgar Jüngel

We study a generalization of a cross-diffusion problem deduced from a nonlinear complex-variable diffusion model for signal and image denoising. We prove the existence of weak solutions of the time-independent problem with fidelity terms…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-01-26 Gonzalo Galiano , Julián Velasco

We study a thermodynamically consistent diffuse-interface model that describes the motion of two macroscopically immiscible, incompressible, and viscous Newtonian fluids with unmatched densities. This model is compatible with continuum…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-04-30 Mingwen Fei , Xiang Fei , Yadong Liu , Hao Wu

In this paper, we present a novel solution strategy for the Cahn-Hilliard-Biot model, a three-way coupled system that features the interplay of solid phase separation, fluid dynamics, and elastic deformations in porous media. It is a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-02-02 Cedric Riethmüller , Erlend Storvik

This paper is devoted to the design and analysis of a numerical algorithm for approximating solutions of a degenerate cross-diffusion system, which models particular instances of taxis-type migration processes under local sensing…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-09 Juan Vicente Gutiérrez-Santacreu

We propose a new Cahn-Hilliard phase field model coupled to incompressible viscoelasticity at large strains, obtained from a diffuse interface mixture model and formulated in the Eulerian configuration. A new kind of diffusive…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-01-23 Abramo Agosti , Pierluigi Colli , Harald Garcke , Elisabetta Rocca

This paper deals with the Cauchy-Dirichlet problem for the fractional Cahn-Hilliard equation. The main results consist of global (in time) existence of weak solutions, characterization of parabolic smoothing effects (implying under proper…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-01-08 Goro Akagi , Giulio Schimperna , Antonio Segatti

The existence of global weak solutions to a parabolic energy-transport system in a bounded domain with no-flux boundary conditions is proved. The model can be derived in the diffusion limit from a kinetic equation with a linear collision…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-07-18 Gianluca Favre , Ansgar Jüngel , Christian Schmeiser , Nicola Zamponi

The Cahn-Hilliard equation is one of the most common models to describe phase separation processes in mixtures of two materials. For a better description of short-range interactions between the material and the boundary, various dynamic…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-01-23 Stefan Metzger

Two-phase flow of two Newtonian incompressible viscous fluids with a soluble surfactant and different densities of the fluids can be modeled within the diffuse interface approach. We consider a Navier-Stokes/Cahn-Hilliard type system…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-10-10 Helmut Abels , Harald Garcke , Josef Weber