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We consider the nonlocal Cahn-Hilliard equation with singular (logarithmic) potential and constant mobility in three-dimensional bounded domains and we establish the validity of the instantaneous strict separation property. This means that…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-12-18 Andrea Poiatti

We consider a class of Cahn-Hilliard equation that models phase separation process of binary mixtures involving nontrivial boundary interactions in a bounded domain with non-permeable wall. The system is characterized by certain dynamic…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-07-28 Takeshi Fukao , Hao Wu

We describe a functional framework suitable to the analysis of the Cahn-Hilliard equation on an evolving surface whose evolution is assumed to be given \textit{a priori}. The model is derived from balance laws for an order parameter with an…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-06-04 Diogo Caetano , Charles M. Elliott

We consider a class of Cahn-Hilliard equation that characterizes phase separation phenomena of binary mixtures in a bounded domain $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^d$ $(d\in \{2,3\})$ with non-permeable boundary. The equations in the bulk are…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-06-03 Maoyin Lv , Hao Wu

We study the Cahn-Hilliard equation with non-degenerate concentration-dependent mobility and logarithmic potential in two dimensions. We show that any weak solution is unique, exhibits propagation of uniform-in-time regularity, and…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-03-25 Monica Conti , Pietro Galimberti , Stefania Gatti , Andrea Giorgini

This paper addresses the well-posedness of a general class of bulk-surface convective Cahn--Hilliard systems with singular potentials. For this model, we first prove the existence of a global-in-time weak solution by approximating the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-05-15 Patrik Knopf , Jonas Stange

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 study a bulk-surface Cahn--Hilliard model with non-degenerate mobility and singular potentials in two dimensions. Following the ideas of the recent work by Conti, Galimberti, Gatti, and Giorgini [Calc. Var. Partial Differential…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-03-05 Jonas Stange

In this paper we study a non-local Cahn-Hilliard equation with singular single-well potential and degenerate mobility. This results as a particular case of a more general model derived for a binary, saturated, closed and incompressible…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-06-29 Abramo Agosti , Elisabetta Rocca , Luca Scarpa

The Cahn--Hilliard equation with anisotropic energy contributions frequently appears in many physical systems. Systematic analytical results for the case with the relevant logarithmic free energy have been missing so far. We close this gap…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-12-08 Harald Garcke , Patrik Knopf , Julia Wittmann

We consider a class of bulk-surface coupled Cahn-Hilliard systems in a smooth, bounded domain $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^{d}$ $(d\in\{2,3\})$, where the trace value of the bulk phase variable is connected to the surface phase variable via a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-07-03 Maoyin Lv , Hao Wu

In this paper, we consider a non-linear fourth-order evolution equation of Cahn-Hilliard-type on evolving surfaces with prescribed velocity, where the non-linear terms are only assumed to have locally Lipschitz derivatives. High-order…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-03-07 Cedric Aaron Beschle , Balázs Kovács

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

The Cahn-Hilliard equation is related with a number of interesting physical phenomena like the spinodal decomposition, phase separation and phase ordering dynamics. On the other hand this equation is very stiff an the difficulty to solve it…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-10 E. V. L. de Mello , Otton Teixeira da Silveira Filho

We consider a class of six-order Cahn-Hilliard equations with logarithmic type potential. This system is closely connected with some important phase-field models relevant in different applications, for instance, the functionalized…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-07-28 Giulio Schimperna , Hao Wu

We consider the classical initial and boundary value problem for the Cahn--Hilliard equation with non-degenerate mobility and singular (e.g., logarithmic) potential. We prove that any weak solution converges to a single equilibrium using…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-02-06 Maurizio Grasselli , Andrea Poiatti

We study two fully discrete evolving surface finite element schemes for the Cahn-Hilliard equation on an evolving surface, given a smooth potential with polynomial growth. In particular we establish optimal order error bounds for a (fully…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-03-14 Charles M. Elliott , Thomas Sales

In this paper we study semi-discrete and fully discrete evolving surface finite element schemes for the Cahn-Hilliard equation with a logarithmic potential. Specifically we consider linear finite elements discretising space and backward…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-09-11 Charles M. Elliott , Thomas Sales

The paper presents a model of lateral phase separation in a two component material surface. The resulting fourth order nonlinear PDE can be seen as a Cahn-Hilliard equation posed on a time-dependent surface. Only elementary tangential…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-03-18 Vladimir Yushutin , Annalisa Quaini , Maxim Olshanskii

A common paradigm in phase-field models with singular potentials is that global-in-time weak solutions converge to a single equilibrium only after undergoing asymptotic regularization. However, in arXiv:2510.17296 we introduced a novel…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-04-01 Maurizio Grasselli , Andrea Poiatti
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