Development of a versatile kinetic Monte Carlo code to simulate physical processes in thin film nucleation and growth

Multidiscipline Modeling in Materials and Structures

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 43-54

  Han, Xuetian ^a   McAfee, Richard ^b   Yang, Judith C ^a  

^a University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^b L 3 Communications Brashear Division   (United States)

Author keywords

Island density; Island morphology; Kinetic Monte Carlo; KMC; Nanoscale oxidation; Simulation; Thin film

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547495643     PISSN: 15736105     EISSN: 15736113     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/157361107781360068     Document Type: Article

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