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Motivated by recent experimental and theoretical work on the control of phase separation by (electro-)autocatalytic reactions, we analyze pattern formation in externally driven phase separating systems described by a generalization of the…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2023-10-03 Hongbo Zhao , Martin Z. Bazant

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

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-04-27 Patrik Knopf , Kei Fong Lam , Chun Liu , Stefan Metzger

The aim of this article is to study a Cahn-Hilliard model for a multicomponent mixture with cross-diffusion effects, degenerate mobility and where only one of the species does separate from the others. We define a notion of weak solution…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-07-03 Virginie Ehrlacher , Greta Marino , Jan-Frederik Pietschmann

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 article examines the dynamic phase transitions and pattern formations attributed to binary systems modeled by the Cahn-Hilliard equation. In particular, we consider a two-dimensional lattice structure and determine how different…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-11-25 Jared Grossman , Evan Halloran , Shouhong Wang

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

In this work, a new class of vector-valued phase field models is presented, where the values of the phase parameters are constrained by a convex set. The generated phase fields feature the partition of the domain into patches of distinct…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-11-03 Orestis Vantzos

In the present work, we address a class of Cahn-Hilliard equations characterized by a nonlinear diffusive dynamics and possibly containing an additional sixth order term. This model describes the separation properties of oil-water mixtures,…

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

Phase separation under directional quenching has been studied in a Cahn-Hilliard model. In distinct contrast to the disordered patterns which develop under a homogeneous quench periodic stripe patterns are generated behind the quench front.…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2009-11-13 Alexei Krekhov

Phase separation in complex systems is a ubiquitous phenomenon. While simple theories predict coarsening until only macroscopically large phases remain, concrete models often exhibit patterns with finite length scales. To unify such models,…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2025-11-10 Filipe C. Thewes , Yicheng Qiang , Oliver W. Paulin , David Zwicker

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

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

In this paper, we consider a stochastic version of the Cahn-Hilliard-Brinkman model in a smooth two- or three-dimensional domain with dynamical boundary conditions. The system describes creeping two-phase flows and is basically a coupling…

Probability · Mathematics 2026-01-13 Z. Brzeźniak , A. Ndongmo Ngana , T. Tachim Medjo

The evolution of the microstructure due to spinodal decomposition in phase separated mixtures has a strong impact on the final material properties. In the late stage of coarsening, the system is characterized by the growth of a single…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2021-12-09 Björn König , Olivier J. J. Ronsin , Jens Harting

The Cahn-Hilliard equation is the most common model to describe phase separation processes of a mixture of two components. For a better description of short-range interactions of the material with the solid wall, various dynamic boundary…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-10-20 Harald Garcke , Patrik Knopf

An existence result is proved for a nonlinear diffusion problem of phase-field type, consisting of a parabolic system of two partial differential equations, complemented by Neumann homogeneous boundary conditions and initial conditions.…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2012-02-24 Pierluigi Colli , Gianni Gilardi , Paolo Podio-Guidugli , Jürgen Sprekels

During phase transitions certain properties of a material change, such as composition field and lattice-symmetry distortions. These changes are typically coupled, and affect the microstructures that form in materials. Here, we propose a 2D…

Materials Science · Physics 2018-04-25 Ananya Renuka Balakrishna , W. Craig Carter

This paper presents a study of solution strategies for the Cahn-Hilliard-Biot equations, a complex mathematical model for understanding flow in deformable porous media with changing solid phases. Solving the Cahn-Hilliard-Biot system poses…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-01-25 Erlend Storvik , Cedric Riethmüller , Jakub Wiktor Both , Florin Adrian Radu

This paper presents a new mixed finite element method for the Cahn-Hilliard equation. The well-posedness of the mixed formulation is established and the error estimates for its linearized fully discrete scheme are provided. The new mixed…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-02-11 Zhen Liu , Rui Ma , Min Zhang

The Cahn-Hilliard equation with an externally-prescribed chaotic shear flow is studied in two and three dimensions. The main goal is to compare and contrast the phase separation in two and three dimensions, using high-resolution numerical…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2014-12-23 Lennon O'Naraigh , Selma Shun , Aurore Naso