Kinetic roughening and pinning of two coupled interfaces in disordered media

Alexander S. Balankin, Rafael Garcia Paredes, Orlando Susarrey, Daniel Morales, Fernando Castrejon Vacio

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Abstract

We studied the kinetic roughening dynamic of two coupled interfaces formed in paper wetting experiments at low evaporation rate. We observed three different regimes of impregnation in which kinetic roughening dynamics of coupled precursor and main fronts belong to different universality classes; nevertheless both interfaces are pinned in the same configuration. Reported experimental observations provide a novel insight into the nature of kinetic roughening phenomena occurring in the vast variety of systems far from equilibrium.

Original languageEnglish
Article number056101
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume96
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 2006
Externally publishedYes

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