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  • Surface growth models
  • Statistical physics
  • Complex systems analysis

Background:

  • The one-dimensional Wolf-Villain (WV) model describes surface coarsening but its universality class is unresolved.
  • Understanding surface growth dynamics is crucial for materials science and nanotechnology.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the scaling properties and universality class of the WV surface growth model.
  • To analyze the transition between different growth regimes observed in the WV model.

Main Methods:

  • Multifractal optimal detrended fluctuation analysis (MF-ODFA) was employed.
  • The analysis focused on the multifractal exponent τ(q) for varying q values.

Main Results:

  • A bifractal signature was observed in the WV model.
  • Negative q values indicated an effective local roughness exponent consistent with molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) growth.
  • Positive q values revealed an exponent aligning with the Edwards-Wilkinson (EW) universality class.

Conclusions:

  • The study confirms that long-wavelength fluctuations in the WV model belong to the EW universality class in the hydrodynamic limit.
  • A novel bifractal behavior was identified, linking short-wavelength MBE-like dynamics to long-wavelength EW universality in the WV model.