Chemical etching of a disordered solid: From experiments to field theory

@article{citeulike:2501408, abstract = {We present a two-dimensional theoretical model for the slow chemical corrosion of a thin film of a disordered solid by suitable etching solutions. This model explains different experimental results showing that the corrosion stops spontaneously in a situation in which the concentration of the etchant is still finite while the corrosion surface develops clear fractal features. We show that these properties are strictly related to the percolation theory, and in particular to its behavior around the critical point. This task is accomplished both by a direct analysis in terms of a self-organized version of the gradient percolation model and by field theoretical arguments.}, author = {Gabrielli, Andrea and Baldassarri, Andrea and Angel and Sapoval, Bernard }, booktitle = {Physics Survey of Irregular Systems - Proceedings of the International Workshop on Physics Survey of Irregular Systems,in honor of Professor Bernard Sapoval, International Workshop on Physics Survey of Irregular Systems, in honor of Professor Bernard Sapoval}, citeulike-article-id = {2501408}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physa.2005.05.053}, journal = {Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications}, keywords = {2005, disordered\_systems, gabrielli, percolation\_theory}, month = {November}, number = {1}, pages = {122--128}, posted-at = {2008-03-10 16:32:25}, priority = {2}, title = {Chemical etching of a disordered solid: From experiments to field theory}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physa.2005.05.053}, volume = {357}, year = {2005} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2501408 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2501408 N2 - We present a two-dimensional theoretical model for the slow chemical corrosion of a thin film of a disordered solid by suitable etching solutions. This model explains different experimental results showing that the corrosion stops spontaneously in a situation in which the concentration of the etchant is still finite while the corrosion surface develops clear fractal features. We show that these properties are strictly related to the percolation theory, and in particular to its behavior around the critical point. This task is accomplished both by a direct analysis in terms of a self-organized version of the gradient percolation model and by field theoretical arguments. IS - 1 JF - Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications EP - 128 TI - Chemical etching of a disordered solid: From experiments to field theory VL - 357 T2 - Physics Survey of Irregular Systems - Proceedings of the International Workshop on Physics Survey of Irregular Systems,in honor of Professor Bernard Sapoval, International Workshop on Physics Survey of Irregular Systems, in honor of Professor Bernard Sapoval SP - 122 KW - 2005 KW - disordered_systems KW - gabrielli KW - percolation_theory AU - Gabrielli, Andrea AU - Baldassarri, Andrea AU - Angel AU - Sapoval, Bernard PY - 2005/11/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physa.2005.05.053 ER -