arXiv Machine Learning
Sep 15

Physics-Constrained Neural Surrogate for Domain Growth Prediction in Systems with Conserved Kinetics

The paper introduces a physics-constrained neural network surrogate that learns the microstructural evolution of binary mixtures governed by the Cahn‑Hilliard equation. By imposing conservation of the order parameter as a hard constraint on the network output, the model accurately predicts long‑time phase‑separation dynamics for both critical and off‑critical mixtures, maintaining mixture composition and matching the Lifshitz‑Slyozov domain‑growth law. A variant that enforces conservation only through a penalty term drifts from the initial composition and loses predictive accuracy over long rollouts, underscoring the necessity of the hard constraint for stability.

By Vijay Yadav, Pallvi Pandey, Madhu Priya, Manish Dev Shrimali, Prabhat K. Jaiswal