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¹Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570-000 Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil. tiago@ufv.br

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Area of Science:

Surface science
Materials science
Physics of interfaces

Background:

Characterizing surface topography is crucial for understanding material properties.
Surface roughness often exhibits complex scaling behavior.
Previous models have predicted specific roughness exponents for different grain shapes.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the influence of grain shape on surface roughness exponents.
To analyze the crossover behavior in surface roughness and height-height correlation functions.
To establish a connection between geometric interpretations and observed exponents.

Main Methods:

Modeling of grainy surfaces with varying grain shapes (pyramidal, rounded, conical).
Calculation of local roughness (w) and height-height correlation function (HHCF).
Analysis of roughness exponents (α) and HHCF exponents (χ) before and after a characteristic crossover length (r(c)).

Main Results:

Grain shape significantly affects the initial roughness exponent α(1), with pyramidal grains yielding lower values (0.71) than rounded grains (0.85).
The crossover length r(c) consistently estimates grain size across different shapes and definitions.
The universality class influences post-crossover exponents (α(2), χ(2)) but not initial ones (α(1), χ(1)).

Conclusions:

The geometric interpretation of surface features is key to understanding initial roughness exponents.
The crossover length serves as a reliable indicator of grain size in various surface morphologies.
The models explain experimental observations in diverse materials with similar surface features.