Concentrically Layered Energy Equilibria of the Di-Block Copolymer Problem
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We prove the existence of energy equilibria of the di-block copolymer problem in the unit disk. They consist of concentrically layered microdomains rich in one of the two monomer building units. We construct them by solving the proper singular limit of the free energy functional. The same limit also explains how under a dynamic law of the free energy, circular interfaces of non-equilibria may move to the origin and vanish, or collapse to each other, thereby reducing the number of layers.
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