Asymptotic step profiles from a nonlinear growth equation for vicinal surfaces

Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 6229-6232

  Kallunki, Jouni ^a   Krug, Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; ERROR ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS;

BALES-ZANGWILL GROWTH INSTABILITY; STEP EDGE DIFFUSION; VICINAL SURFACES;

SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

EID: 0034315393     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.62.6229     Document Type: Article

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