An element manager and programming collect a first element topology from a first element among a plurality of elements in a network. The abrasion resistant coating is initially applied to a substrate in contact with an abrasive environment. The compounds can be modified by adding augmenting groups to change the terminal groups or properties of the monomer. The roughened surface of the photoreceptor aluminum alloy substrate in conjunction with the oxide layer on the roughed surface reduces variances in surface energy across the photoreceptor substrate, and eliminates, or greatly reduces, a number of Tiger Stripe and Tiger Tail defects that may occur in an undercoat layer subsequently applied to the roughened photoreceptor substrate.