We investigate, using the framework of Γ-convergence, a phase-field model proposed in [Proc. R. Soc. A465 (2009), 1337–1359] for strongly anisotropic systems; in particular, we prove a full Γ-convergence result for an anisotropic Modica–Mortola-type energy.
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