We consider a charged Langmuir monolayer problem where electrostatic interaction forces undulations in molecular concentration of the monolayer. Using the Γ-convergence theory in singular perturbative variational calculus, we prove the existence of soliton-stripe lamellar patterns as one-dimensional local minimizers of the free energy, which are characterized by sharp domain walls delineating fully segregated dense liquid and dilute gas regions of the monolayer.
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