A dynamical mean field theory for the study of surface diffusion constants

Surface Science

Volumn 380, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages

  Hjelt, T ^a   Vattulainen, I ^a,b   Merikoski, J ^a,b,c   Ala Nissila, T ^a,b,d   Ying, S C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^d TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Computer simulations; Surface diffusion

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT; SURFACE PHENOMENA;

COLLECTIVE DIFFUSION; DYNAMICAL MEAN FIELD THEORY (DMF); SURFACE DIFFUSION;

DIFFUSION IN GASES;

EID: 0031145081     PISSN: 00396028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-6028(97)00005-8     Document Type: Article

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