Anisotropic corner diffusion as origin for dendritic growth on hexagonal substrates

Surface Science

Volumn 349, Issue 1, 1996, Pages

  Brune, Harald ^a   Röder, Holger ^a   Bromann, Karsten ^a   Kern, Klaus ^a   Jacobsen, Joachim ^b   Stoltze, Per ^b   Jacobsen, Karsten ^b   Nørskov, Jens ^b  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Computer simulations; Epitaxy; Growthlow index single crystal surfaces; Nucleation; Platinum; Scanning tunneling microscopy; Silver; Surface diffusion

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; ATOMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUCLEATION; PLATINUM; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SILVER; SINGLE CRYSTALS;

ANISOTROPIC CORNER DIFFUSION; DENDRITIC GROWTH; EFFECTIVE MEDIUM THEORY; HEXAGONAL SUBSTRATE; KINETIC MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; LOW INDEX SINGLE CRYSTAL SURFACES;

SURFACES;

EID: 0030108791     PISSN: 00396028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0039-6028(95)01347-4     Document Type: Article

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