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Interface roughening dynamics: temporal width fluctuations and the correlation length.

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  • 1Department of Physics, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan 52900, Israel.

Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics
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Temporal interface width fluctuations reveal insights into kinetic roughening growth mechanisms. This study defines a measure to extract interface correlation length from fluctuations, validated across diverse experimental systems.

Area of Science:

  • Physics
  • Materials Science
  • Surface Science

Background:

  • Kinetic roughening describes the dynamic evolution of surfaces during growth processes.
  • Interface fluctuations arise from competing growth mechanisms, offering insights into underlying physics.
  • Quantifying these fluctuations is crucial for understanding surface dynamics.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a method for analyzing temporal interface width fluctuations.
  • To extract the correlation length of growing interfaces from fluctuation data.
  • To validate the method across diverse experimental systems, including thin films and imbibition.

Main Methods:

  • Experimental analysis of mercury droplet spreading on metal films (Ag, Au).
  • Experimental analysis of water spreading on paper (imbibition).

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  • Numerical simulations of the quenched Kardar-Parisi-Zhang (QKPZ) equation.

    • Main Results:

    • A novel measure for temporal interface width fluctuations is defined.
    • Fluctuation analysis successfully extracts the correlation length of growing interfaces.
    • The method demonstrates validity for various interface growth phenomena.

    Conclusions:

    • Temporal interface width fluctuations contain valuable information about growth mechanisms.
    • The developed method provides a robust tool for characterizing growing interfaces.
    • This approach is applicable to a wide range of physical systems exhibiting kinetic roughening.