Step-edge barriers: Truths and kinetic consequences

Surface Science

Volumn 394, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages

  Kyuno, Kentaro ^a   Ehrlich, Gert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Clusters; Epitaxy; Growth; Models of surface kinetics; Nucleation; Surface diffusion

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTAL LATTICES; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; DISSOCIATION; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; KINETIC THEORY; NUCLEATION;

ATOMIC CLUSTERS; STEP EDGE BARRIERS;

SURFACE PHENOMENA;

EID: 0031378178     PISSN: 00396028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-6028(97)00249-5     Document Type: Article

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