Determining absolute orientation-dependent step energies: A general theory for the Wulff-construction and for anisotropic two-dimensional island shape fluctuations

Surface Science

Volumn 522, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 75-83

  Khare, S V ^a   Kodambaka, S ^a   Johnson, D D ^a   Petrov, I ^a   Greene, J E ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

Clusters; Equilibrium thermodynamics and statistical mechanics; Models of surface kinetics; Scanning tunneling microscopy; Single crystal surfaces; Surface energy; Surface tension; Surface thermodynamics (including phase transitions)

Indexed keywords

FREE ENERGY; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE TENSION; THERMODYNAMICS;

THERMAL FLUCTUATIONS; WULFF PLOT CONSTRUCTION;

SINGLE CRYSTALS;

EID: 0037211315     PISSN: 00396028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-6028(02)02315-4     Document Type: Article

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