Self-consistent rate-equation approach to nucleation and growth in point/extended island models of 1-D homoepitaxy

Materials Research Society Symposium - Proceedings

Volumn 570, Issue , 1999, Pages 3-9

  Amar, Jacques G ^a   Popescu, Mihail N ^b   Family, Fereydoon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ENERGY GAP; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; MONOMERS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUCLEATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; REACTION KINETICS; SURFACES;

COVERAGE DEPENDENT CAPTURE NUMBERS; EXTENDED ISLAND MODELS; ISLAND SIZE DISTRIBUTION; ONE DIMENSIONAL HOMOEPITAXY; SELF CONSISTENT RATE EQUATION;

MONOLAYERS;

EID: 0033312165     PISSN: 02729172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1557/proc-570-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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