The evaporation rate of a one-atom-high island on a solid surface: A thermodynamic theory of the size dependence

Surface Science

Volumn 373, Issue 1, 1997, Pages

  Metiu, Horia ^a   Rosenfeld, George ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diffusion and migration; Faceting; Scanning tunneling microscopy; Solid phase epitaxy; Surface diffusion; Surface segregation; Surface tension; Surface thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SURFACE TENSION; SURFACES; THERMODYNAMICS;

EVAPORATION RATE; SURFACE DIFFUSION; SURFACE THERMODYNAMICS;

ATOMS;

EID: 0031076950     PISSN: 00396028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-6028(96)01265-4     Document Type: Article

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