Coupling kinetic Monte-Carlo and continuum models with application to epitaxial growth

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 189, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 197-211

  Schulze, Tim P ^a   Smereka, Peter ^b   Weinan, E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUUM MECHANICS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

COMPUTATIONAL ACCURACY; COMPUTATIONAL DOMAINS; CONTINUUM MODEL; COUPLING KINETICS; DIFFUSION EQUATIONS; HYBRID METHOD; KINETIC MONTE CARLO; KINETIC MONTE CARLO MODELING; KINETIC MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; TIME STEP;

EPITAXIAL GROWTH;

EID: 0037777636     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9991(03)00208-0     Document Type: Article

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