Morphological stability analysis of the epitaxial growth of a circular island: Application to nanoscale shape control

Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena

Volumn 233, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 151-166

  Hu, Zhengzheng ^a   Li, Shuwang ^a   Lowengrub, John S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment detachment; Desorption; Epitaxial growth; Island dynamics; Morphological stability

Indexed keywords

DESORPTION; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOSTRUCTURES; REACTION KINETICS;

ATTACHMENT-DETACHMENT; ISLAND DYNAMICS; MORPHOLOGICAL STABILITY;

SURFACE MORPHOLOGY;

EID: 34548071327     PISSN: 01672789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physd.2007.06.020     Document Type: Article

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