The crystallization conjecture: a review

M Lewin, X Blanc - EMS Surveys in Mathematical Sciences, 2015 - ems.press
In this article we describe the crystallization conjecture. It states that, in appropriate physical
conditions, interacting particles always place themselves into periodic configurations …

Minimality via second variation for a nonlocal isoperimetric problem

E Acerbi, N Fusco, M Morini - Communications in Mathematical Physics, 2013 - Springer
We discuss the local minimality of certain configurations for a nonlocal isoperimetric problem
used to model microphase separation in diblock copolymer melts. We show that critical …

On an isoperimetric problem with a competing nonlocal term II: The general case

C Muratov, H Knüpfer - Communications on Pure and Applied …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
This paper is the continuation of a previous paper (H. Knüpfer and CB Muratov, Comm. Pure
Appl. Math. 66 (2013), 1129–1162). We investigate the classical isoperimetric problem …

On the phase diagram for microphase separation of diblock copolymers: an approach via a nonlocal Cahn–Hilliard functional

R Choksi, MA Peletier, JF Williams - SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics, 2009 - SIAM
We consider analytical and numerical aspects of the phase diagram for microphase
separation of diblock copolymers. Our approach is variational and is based upon a density …

On an isoperimetric problem with a competing nonlocal term I: The planar case

H Knüpfer, CB Muratov - Communications on Pure and Applied …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
This paper is concerned with a study of the classical isoperimetric problem modified by an
addition of a nonlocal repulsive term. We characterize existence, nonexistence, and radial …

[PDF][PDF] Nonexistence of a minimizer for Thomas-Fermi-Dirac-von Weizsäcker model

J Lu, F Otto - Comm. Pure Appl. Math, 2014 - services.math.duke.edu
If the Coulomb term is not present in (1.1) and (1.3), a standard Modica-Mortola type result
establishes a link between the two functional through Gamma convergence when the …

Local and Global Minimality Results for a Nonlocal Isoperimetric Problem on

M Bonacini, R Cristoferi - SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis, 2014 - SIAM
We consider a nonlocal isoperimetric problem defined in the whole space R^N, whose
nonlocal part is given by a Riesz potential with exponent α∈(0,N-1). We show that critical …

An old problem resurfaces nonlocally: Gamow's liquid drops inspire today's research and applications

R Choksi, CB Muratov, I Topaloglu - Notices of the AMS, 2017 - ams.org
Gamow's simple liquid drop model of an atomic nucleus recently captured the attention of
mathematicians and has inspired numerous advances and open questions in geometric and …

[HTML][HTML] On minimizers of interaction functionals with competing attractive and repulsive potentials

R Choksi, RC Fetecau, I Topaloglu - Annales de l'Institut Henri Poincaré C …, 2015 - Elsevier
We consider a family of interaction functionals consisting of power-law potentials with
attractive and repulsive parts and use the concentration compactness principle to establish …

Droplet minimizers of an isoperimetric problem with long‐range interactions

M Cicalese, E Spadaro - Communications on Pure and Applied …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
We give a detailed description of the geometry of single‐droplet patterns in a nonlocal
isoperimetric problem. In particular, we focus on the sharp interface limit of the Ohta …