An effective medium theory study of Au islands on the Au(100) surface: Reconstruction, adatom diffusion, and island formation

Surface Science

Volumn 365, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 87-95

  Bönig, Lutz ^a   Liu, Shudun ^a   Metiu, Horia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adatoms; Computer simulations; Epitaxy; Growth; Models of surface kinetics; Single crystal epitaxy; Surface diffusion; Surface relaxation and reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; CALCULATIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; GOLD; KINETIC THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RELAXATION PROCESSES; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SURFACE TREATMENT; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

ADATOMS; EFFECTIVE MEDIUM THEORY; KINETIC EQUATIONS; SURFACE KINETICS;

SURFACES;

EID: 0030242629     PISSN: 00396028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0039-6028(96)00679-6     Document Type: Article

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