Surface evolution of elastically stressed films under deposition by a diffuse interface model

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 214, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 187-208

  Rätz, Andreas ^a   Ribalta, Angel ^a   Voigt, Axel ^a  

^a CENTER OF ADVANCED EUROPEAN STUDIES AND RESEARCH CAESAR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptive finite elements; Anisotropy; Diffuse interface models; Surface evolution

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTERFACES (MATERIALS);

ADAPTIVE FINITE ELEMENT; CAHN-HILLIARD MODEL; DIFFUSE-INTERFACE MODELS; EVOLUTION EQUATIONS; GROWTH OF THIN FILMS; MATCHED ASYMPTOTICS; SELF ORGANIZATIONS; SURFACE EVOLUTION; SURFACE KINETICS; THREE DIMENSIONS;

ANISOTROPY;

EID: 33644508961     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: 10902716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2005.09.013     Document Type: Article

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