Existence of isovolumetric S^2-type stationary surfaces for capillarity functionals

Capillarity functionals are parameter invariant functionals defined on classes of two-dimensional parametric surfaces in $mathbb{R}^3$ as the sum of the area integral and a non homogeneous term of suitable form. Here we consider the case of a class of non homogenous terms vanishing at infinity for which the corresponding capillarity functional has no volume-constrained $mathbb{S}^2$-type minimal surface. Using variational techniques, we prove existence of extremals characterized as saddle-type critical points.