Quantitative AFM analysis of phase separated borosilicate glass surfaces

Davy Dalmas (1) , Anne Lelarge (1) , Damien Vandembroucq (1)

1 SVI - Surface du Verre et Interfaces

Phase separated borosilicate glass samples were prepared by applying various heat treatments. Using selective chemical etching we performed AFM measurement on the phase separated glass surfaces. A quantitative roughness analysis allowed us to measure precisely the dependence of the characteristic size of the phase domains on heating time and temperature. The experimental measurements are very well described by the theoretically expected scaling laws. Interdiffusion coefficients and activation energy are estimated from this analysis and are consistent with literature data.

Mots clés: Atomic force microscopy; phase separation; borosilicates; morphology; correlation function

Domaines: Autre [cond-mat.other]

Davy Dalmas, Anne Lelarge, Damien Vandembroucq. Quantitative AFM analysis of phase separated borosilicate glass surfaces. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 2007, 353 (52-54), pp.4672-4680. ⟨hal-00110659⟩