Smoothing of perturbed vicinal surfaces

Surface Science

Volumn 350, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 285-300

  Bonzel, H P ^a   Mullins, W W ^b  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Step energy; Surface diffusion; Surface energy; Surface smoothing

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CALCULATIONS; DIFFUSION; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; NUMERICAL METHODS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; REACTION KINETICS; SURFACE TREATMENT;

STEP ENERGY; STEP INTERACTION ENERGY; SURFACE MIGRATION; SURFACE SMOOTHING; VICINAL SURFACE;

SURFACES;

EID: 0030130205     PISSN: 00396028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0039-6028(95)01111-0     Document Type: Article

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