Island dynamics and the level set method for epitaxial growth

Applied Mathematics Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 13-22

  Caflisch, R E ^a   Gyure, M F ^b   Merriman, B ^a   Osher, S J ^a   Ratsch, C ^a   Vvedensky, D D ^c   Zinck, J J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Hughes Aircraft Co   (United States)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epitaxy; Island dynamics; Level set method; Thin films

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001884110     PISSN: 08939659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0893-9659(99)00026-9     Document Type: Article

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