Shibin Dai, Joseph Renzi, Steven M. Wise
Published 2022-10-29Version 1
The degenerate de Gennes-Cahn-Hilliard (dGCH) equation is a model for phase separation which may more closely approximate surface diffusion than others in the limit when the thickness of the transition layer approaches zero. As a first step to understand the limiting behavior, in this paper we study the $\Gamma$--limit of the dGCH energy. We find that its $\Gamma$--limit is a constant multiple of the interface area, where the constant is determined by the de Gennes coefficient together with the double well potential. In contrast, the transition layer profile is solely determined by the double well potential.
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