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November  2011, 10(6): 1823-1847. doi: 10.3934/cpaa.2011.10.1823

A sixth order Cahn-Hilliard type equation arising in oil-water-surfactant mixtures

Irena Pawłow 1, and  Wojciech M. Zajączkowski 2,

1. 

Systems Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences, Newelska 6, 01-447 Warsaw, Poland
2. 

Institute of Mathematics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Śniadeckich 8, 00-950 Warsaw, Poland

Received  June 2010 Revised  April 2011 Published  May 2011

An initial-boundary-value problem for the sixth order Cahn-Hilliard type equation in 3-D is studied. The problem describes phase transition dynamics in ternary oil-water-surfactant systems. It is based on the Landau-Ginzburg theory proposed for such systems by G. Gompper et al. We prove that the problem under consideration is well posed in the sense that it admits a unique global smooth solution which depends continuously on the initial datum.
Keywords: existence of strong global solutions, oil-water-surfactant systems., Sixth order Cahn-Hilliard type equation.
Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary: 35K50, 35K60; Secondary: 35Q72, 35L20.
Citation: Irena Pawłow, Wojciech M. Zajączkowski. A sixth order Cahn-Hilliard type equation arising in oil-water-surfactant mixtures. Communications on Pure & Applied Analysis, 2011, 10 (6) : 1823-1847. doi: 10.3934/cpaa.2011.10.1823
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M. D. Korzec, P. L. Evans, A. Münch and B. Wagner, Stationary solutions of driven fourth-and sixth-order Cahn-Hilliard type equations,, SIAM J. Appl. Math., 69 (2008), 348.   Google Scholar

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T. V. Savina, A. A. Golovin, S. H. Davis, A. A. Nepomnyashchy and P. W. Voorhees, Faceting of a growing crystal surface by surface diffusion,, Phys. Rev. E, 67 (2003).   Google Scholar

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References:
[1]

J. Berry, K. R. Elder and M. Grant, Simulation of an atomistic dynamic field theory for monatomic liquids: Freezing and glass formation,, Phys. Rev. E, 77 (2008).   Google Scholar

[2]

J. Berry, M. Grant and K. R. Elder, Diffusive atomistic dynamics of edge dislocations in two dimensions,, Phys. Rev. E, 73 (2006).   Google Scholar

[3]

O. V. Besov, V. P. Il'in and S. M. Nikolskij, "Integral Representation of Functions and Theorems of Imbeddings,", Nauka, (1975).   Google Scholar

[4]

C. M. Dafermos and L. Hsiao, Global smooth thermomechanical processes in one-dimensional nonlinear thermoviscoelasticity,, Nonlinear Anal., 6 (1982), 435.   Google Scholar

[5]

K. R. Elder and M. Grant, Modeling elastic and plastic deformations in nonequilibrium processing using phase field crystals,, Phys. Rev. E, 70 (2004).   Google Scholar

[6]

P. Galenko, D. Danilov and V. Lebedev, Phase-field-crystal and Swift-Hohenberg equations with fast dynamics,, Phys. Rev. E, 79 (2009).   Google Scholar

[7]

G. Gompper and J. Goos, Fluctuating interfaces in microemulsion and sponge phases,, Phys. Rev. E, 50 (1994), 1325.   Google Scholar

[8]

G. Gompper and M. Kraus, Ginzburg-Landau theory of ternary amphiphilic systems. I. Gaussian interface fluctuations,, Phys. Rev. E, 47 (1993), 4289.   Google Scholar

[9]

G. Gompper and M. Kraus, Ginzburg-Landau theory of ternary amphiphilic systems. II. Monte Carlo simulations,, Phys. Rev. E, 47 (1993), 4301.   Google Scholar

[10]

G. Gompper and M. Schick, Correlation between structural and interfacial properties of amphiphilic systems,, Phys. Rev. Lett., 65 (1990), 1116.   Google Scholar

[11]

G. Gompper and M. Schick, Self-assembling amphiphilic system,, in, (1994), 1.   Google Scholar

[12]

G. Gompper and S. Zschocke, Ginzburg-Landau theory of oil-water-sur-factant mixtures,, Phys. Rev. A, 46 (1992), 4836.   Google Scholar

[13]

M. D. Korzec, P. L. Evans, A. Münch and B. Wagner, Stationary solutions of driven fourth-and sixth-order Cahn-Hilliard type equations,, SIAM J. Appl. Math., 69 (2008), 348.   Google Scholar

[14]

M. Korzec, P. Nayar and P. Rybka, Global weak solutions to a sixth order Cahn-Hilliard type equation,, (2011), (2011).   Google Scholar

[15]

J.-L. Lions and E. Magenes, "Nonhomogeneous Boundary Value Problems and Applications,", Vol. I, (1972).   Google Scholar

[16]

T. V. Savina, A. A. Golovin, S. H. Davis, A. A. Nepomnyashchy and P. W. Voorhees, Faceting of a growing crystal surface by surface diffusion,, Phys. Rev. E, 67 (2003).   Google Scholar

[17]

V. A. Solonnikov, A priori estimates for solutions of second order parabolic equations,, Trudy Mat. Inst. Steklov, 70 (1964), 133.   Google Scholar

[18]

V. A. Solonnikov, Boundary value problems for linear parabolic systems of differential equations of general type,, Trudy Mat. Inst. Ste\-klov, 83 (1965), 1.   Google Scholar

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