Linear stability analysis for step meandering instabilities with elastic interactions and Ehrlich-Schwoebel barriers

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Yeon, Dong Hee ^a   Cha, Pil Ryung ^b   Lowengrub, John S ^c   Voigt, Axel ^d   Thornton, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Kookmin University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADATOMS; ELASTICITY; LINEAR STABILITY ANALYSIS; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PHASE SHIFT;

EHRLICH-SCHWOEBEL BARRIERS; ELASTIC INTERACTIONS; MORPHOLOGICAL INSTABILITIES; STEP MEANDERING INSTABILITIES; VICINAL SURFACES;

MOLECULAR INTERACTIONS;

EID: 34547216325     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.76.011601     Document Type: Article

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