Energy minimizers for an asymptotic MEMS model with heterogeneous dielectric properties

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  • Philippe Laurençot
  • Katerina Nik
  • Christoph Walker

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  • Université de Toulouse
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OriginalspracheEnglisch
Aufsatznummer16
FachzeitschriftCalculus of Variations and Partial Differential Equations
Jahrgang61
Ausgabenummer1
Frühes Online-Datum2 Dez. 2021
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - Feb. 2022

Abstract

A model for a MEMS device, consisting of a fixed bottom plate and an elastic plate, is studied. It was derived in a previous work as a reinforced limit when the thickness of the insulating layer covering the bottom plate tends to zero. This asymptotic model inherits the dielectric properties of the insulating layer. It involves the electrostatic potential in the device and the deformation of the elastic plate defining the geometry of the device. The electrostatic potential is given by an elliptic equation with mixed boundary conditions in the possibly non-Lipschitz region between the two plates. The deformation of the elastic plate is supposed to be a critical point of an energy functional which, in turn, depends on the electrostatic potential due to the force exerted by the latter on the elastic plate. The energy functional is shown to have a minimizer giving the geometry of the device. Moreover, the corresponding Euler–Lagrange equation is computed and the maximal regularity of the electrostatic potential is established.

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Energy minimizers for an asymptotic MEMS model with heterogeneous dielectric properties. / Laurençot, Philippe; Nik, Katerina; Walker, Christoph.
in: Calculus of Variations and Partial Differential Equations, Jahrgang 61, Nr. 1, 16, 02.2022.

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Laurençot P, Nik K, Walker C. Energy minimizers for an asymptotic MEMS model with heterogeneous dielectric properties. Calculus of Variations and Partial Differential Equations. 2022 Feb;61(1):16. Epub 2021 Dez 2. doi: 10.48550/arXiv.2003.14000, 10.1007/s00526-021-02114-2
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