Surface scaling analysis of hydrogels: From multiaffine to self-affine scaling

Simple item page
dc.creatorBuendia, G. M.
dc.creatorMitchell, S. J.
dc.creatorRikvold, P. A.
dc.date2003-02-11
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T06:23:07Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T06:23:07Z
dc.descriptionWe show that smoothing of multiaffine surfaces that are generated by simulating a crosslinked polymer gel by a frustrated, triangular network of springs of random equilibrium lengths [G.M. Buend{\'ı}a, S.J. Mitchell, P.A. Rikvold, Phys. Rev. E 66 (2002) 046119] changes the scaling behavior of the surfaces such that they become self-affine. The self-affine behavior is consistent with recent atomic force microscopy (AFM) studies of the surface structure of crosslinked polymer gels into which voids are introduced through templating by surfactant micelles [M. Chakrapani, S.J. Mitchell, D.H. Van Winkle, P.A. Rikvold, J. Colloid Interface Sci., in press]. The smoothing process mimics the effect of the AFM tip that tends to flatten the soft gel surfaces. Both the experimental and the simulated surfaces have a non-trivial scaling behavior on small length scales, with a crossover to scale-independent behavior on large scales.
dc.description7 pages, with 3 figures embedded
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0302205
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0302205
dc.identifierMicroelectronics J. 36, 913-916 (2005)
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/96123
dc.subjectStatistical Mechanics
dc.subjectSoft Condensed Matter
dc.titleSurface scaling analysis of hydrogels: From multiaffine to self-affine scaling
dc.typetext

Files

Collections

arXiv