Statistical analysis of nanofiber mat AFM images by gray-scale-resolved Hurst exponent distributions

TitleStatistical analysis of nanofiber mat AFM images by gray-scale-resolved Hurst exponent distributions
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2021
AuthorsBłachowicz T, Domino K, Koruszowic M, Grzybowski J, Böhm T, Ehrmann A
JournalApplied Sciences
Volume11
Issue2436
Abstract

Two-dimensional structures, either periodic or random, can be classified by diverse mathematical methods. Quantitative descriptions of such surfaces, however, are scarce since bijec-tive definitions must be found to measure unique dependency between described structures and the chosen quantitative parameters. To solve this problem, we use statistical analysis of periodic fibrous structures by Hurst exponent distributions. Although such a Hurst exponent approach was suggested some years ago, the quantitative analysis of atomic force microscopy (AFM) images of nanofiber mats in such a way was described only recently. In this paper, we discuss the influence of typical AFM image post-processing steps on the gray-scale-resolved Hurst exponent distribution. Examples of these steps are polynomial background subtraction, aligning rows, deleting horizontal errors and sharpening. Our results show that while characteristic features of these false-color images may be shifted in terms of gray-channel and Hurst exponent, they can still be used to identify AFM images and, in the next step, to quantitatively describe AFM images of nanofibrous surfaces. Such a gray-channel approach can be regarded as a simple way to include some infor-mation about the 3D structure of the image.

URLhttps://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/5/2436/pdf
DOI10.3390/app11052436

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Data aktualizacji: 09/03/2021 - 15:22; autor zmian: Krzysztof Domino (kdomino@iitis.pl)