Analysis of island dynamics in epitaxial growth of thin films

Multiscale Modeling and Simulation

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 150-171

  Caflisch, Russel E ^a   Li, Bo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Adatom diffusion; Epitaxial growth; Island dynamics; Line tension; Linear stability; Normal velocity; Step edges; Step edge kinetics; Surface diffusion

Indexed keywords

ADATOMS; DIFFUSION; DYNAMICS; GROWTH KINETICS; KINETICS; PECLET NUMBER; SURFACE DIFFUSION; THIN FILMS;

ADATOM DIFFUSION; ISLAND DYNAMICS; LINE TENSION; LINEAR STABILITY; STEP EDGE; STEP EDGE KINETICS;

EPITAXIAL GROWTH;

EID: 33748064454     PISSN: 15403459     EISSN: 15403467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S1540345902407208     Document Type: Article

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