4 research outputs found
Self-affine surface morphology of plastically deformed metals
We analyze the surface morphology of metals after plastic deformation over a
range of scales from 10 nm to 2 mm, using a combination of atomic force
microscopy and scanning white-light interferometry. We demonstrate that an
initially smooth surface during deformation develops self-affine roughness over
almost four orders of magnitude in scale. The Hurst exponent of
one-dimensional surface profiles is initially found to decrease with increasing
strain and then stabilizes at . By analyzing their statistical
properties we show that the one-dimensional surface profiles can be
mathematically modelled as graphs of a fractional Brownian motion. Our findings
can be understood in terms of a fractal distribution of plastic strain within
the deformed samples
Polymer micro-molding of femtosecond laser micromachined substrates
Micro-molding can be used for the cost-effective fabrication of elements such as active or passive components in MEMS devices, hydrophobic surfaces, cell-growth scaffolds or optical components such micro-lens arrays and gratings. This method is also particularly interesting for examining high-aspect ratio laser-machined structures fabricated in glass material. Thanks to this technique, surfaces not accessible with common imaging techniques can be observed on their molded negative structure with very high fidelity. As an illustration, we issue the use of the PDMS molding technique to analyze the quality of high aspect ratio holes and channels structures. Furthermore, we show preliminary results on the molding of a novel type of complex structures formed in glass using temporal and spatial beam shaping
Scale-free statistics of plasticity-induced surface steps on KCl single crystals
Experimental investigations of plastic flow have demonstrated temporal intermittency as deformation proceeds in a series of intermittent bursts with scale-free size distribution. In the present investigation, a corresponding spatial intermittency is demonstrated for plastic flow of KCl single crystals. Deformation bursts lead to large surface steps with a height distribution that is consistent with the distribution of strain increments in deformation of micron-size samples and the energy distribution of acoustic emission bursts observed in deformation of macroscopic single-crystal samples of a wide class of materials. © 2007 IOP Publishing Ltd and SISSA