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Monte Carlo simulation showing the effect of thermal fluctuations on the growth of the adhesion with compressible repellers (Ω = 0.01 kT/nm2) for various initial radii (A0). The critical radius was obtained from the analytic formula as Ac = 120 nm, β = 11, and α = 16.
