Monte Carlo simulation of coarsening in a model of submonolayer epitaxial growth

Surface Science

Volumn 429, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 161-168

  Lam, Pui Man ^a   Bayayoko, Diola ^a   Hu, Xiao Yang ^a  

^a SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; MONOLAYERS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; MORPHOLOGY; NUCLEATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; REACTION KINETICS; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; SURFACE STRUCTURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

ADATOMS; CLARKE-VVEDENSKY MODEL; COARSENING PROCESS; ISLAND SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; MODEL OF SURFACE KINETICS; NON EQUILIBRIUM THERMODYNAMICS; SMOLUCHOWSKY EQUATION; STATISTICAL PHYSICS; SUBMONOLAYER EPITAXIAL GROWTH;

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EID: 0032676664     PISSN: 00396028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-6028(99)00361-1     Document Type: Article

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