# American Institute of Mathematical Sciences

June  2012, 32(6): 2207-2221. doi: 10.3934/dcds.2012.32.2207

## On dynamical behavior of viscous Cahn-Hilliard equation

 1 Department of Mathematics, School of Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China, China

Received  February 2011 Revised  October 2011 Published  February 2012

In this paper, we consider the initial and Dirichlet boundary value problem of the viscous Cahn-Hilliard equation with a general nonlinearity $f$, that is $d((1-\alpha)u-\alpha\Delta u)+(\Delta^2u-\Delta f(u))dt= 0,$where $\alpha\in[0,1]$. Firstly, we establish the existence and continuity results on weak solutions and attractors to this problem. Secondly, we show the $\alpha$-uniform attractiveness of the attractors $A_\alpha$.
Citation: Desheng Li, Xuewei Ju. On dynamical behavior of viscous Cahn-Hilliard equation. Discrete & Continuous Dynamical Systems - A, 2012, 32 (6) : 2207-2221. doi: 10.3934/dcds.2012.32.2207
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