coarse: GL fine: partical Lifshiz-Slyozov, Ohta-Kawasaki, Swift-Hohenberg barrier problem, intrinsically slow process, downhill but small Onsager coefficient, and vastly different time scales (stiff equations) Coupling between particle model and continuum description. Free energy from restraint ...
General Equation for Non-Equilibrium Reversible-Irreversible Coupling. reversible and irreversible dynamics, Hamiltonian and Dissipative dynamics Coarse: Cahn-Hilliard phase field fine: Fokker-Planck phase space Grmela Öttinger, Dynamics and thermodynamics of complex fluids. ...