Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5370006 | Applied Surface Science | 2006 | 5 Pages |
Scaling behavior of wrinkle evolution due to chemical etching of Au on stretchable substrate is studied by atomic force microscopy. The surfaces were etched with a small drop of KI solution. Scaling exponent α decreased with the etch time, from 0.93 to 0.62. For dynamic exponent β up to 30 min we find it to be 0.16 ± 0.05. Within the same time frame, the wavelength increases as â¼t0.23+â0.05 but drops at 45 min as â¼tâ1.22+â0.42 and saturates. At this stage, we observe percolation island type features along with some wrinkles. The measured value of α at this stage is 0.62 ± 0.02; consistent with the percolation model. The wavelength coarsening at this stage suggests the existence of chemically driven spinodal decomposition. Our obtained value of α and β is consistent with the value of z obtained from correlation length which is given by ξ = t1/z. We find z = 4.87 ± 0.50. Our experiment suggests wrinkle formation in thin films on viscoelastic surface occurs in three stages.