TY - JOUR
T1 - Observation and modeling of interrupted pattern coarsening
T2 - Surface nanostructuring by Ion Erosion
AU - Muñoz-García, Javier
AU - Gago, Raúl
AU - Vázquez, Luis
AU - Sánchez-García, José Angel
AU - Cuerno, Rodolfo
PY - 2010/1/12
Y1 - 2010/1/12
N2 - We report the experimental observation of interrupted coarsening for surface self-organized nanostructuring by ion erosion. Analysis of the target surface by atomic force microscopy allows us to describe quantitatively this intriguing type of pattern dynamics through a continuum equation put forward in different contexts across a wide range of length scales. The ensuing predictions can thus be consistently extended to other experimental conditions in our system. Our results illustrate the occurrence of nonequilibrium systems in which pattern formation, coarsening, and kinetic roughening appear, each of these behaviors being associated with its own spatiotemporal range.
AB - We report the experimental observation of interrupted coarsening for surface self-organized nanostructuring by ion erosion. Analysis of the target surface by atomic force microscopy allows us to describe quantitatively this intriguing type of pattern dynamics through a continuum equation put forward in different contexts across a wide range of length scales. The ensuing predictions can thus be consistently extended to other experimental conditions in our system. Our results illustrate the occurrence of nonequilibrium systems in which pattern formation, coarsening, and kinetic roughening appear, each of these behaviors being associated with its own spatiotemporal range.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/74949087509
U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.026101
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.026101
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:74949087509
SN - 0031-9007
VL - 104
JO - Physical Review Letters
JF - Physical Review Letters
IS - 2
M1 - 026101
ER -