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Analysis and discretization of the Ohta–Kawasaki equation with forcing and degenerate mobility

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  • Aaron Brunk

    (Johannes Gutenberg University)

  • Marvin Fritz

    (Austrian Academy of Sciences)

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The Ohta–Kawasaki equation models the mesoscopic phase separation of immiscible polymer chains that form diblock copolymers, with applications in directed self-assembly for lithography. We perform a mathematical analysis of this model under degenerate mobility and a mass source, proving the existence of weak solutions via an approximation scheme for the mobility function. Additionally, we propose a fully discrete scheme for the non-degenerate system and demonstrate the existence and uniqueness of its discrete solution, showing that it inherits essential structural-preserving properties. Finally, we conduct numerical experiments to compare the Ohta–Kawasaki system with the classical Cahn–Hilliard model, highlighting the impact of the repulsion parameter on the phase separation dynamics.

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  • Aaron Brunk & Marvin Fritz, 2025. "Analysis and discretization of the Ohta–Kawasaki equation with forcing and degenerate mobility," Partial Differential Equations and Applications, Springer, vol. 6(6), pages 1-33, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:pardea:v:6:y:2025:i:6:d:10.1007_s42985-025-00362-x
    DOI: 10.1007/s42985-025-00362-x
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