The Kinetic Monte Carlo method: Foundation, implementation, and application

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 197, Issue 41-42, 2008, Pages 3386-3398

  Battaile, Corbett C ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Grain growth; Monte Carlo; Simulation; Thin film; Vacancy diffusion

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PILES; RADIATION DAMAGE; STOCHASTIC MODELS; THICK FILMS;

(E ,2E) THEORY; ELSEVIER (CO); FLEXIBLE TOOLS; KINETIC MONTE CARLO (KMC) METHODS; PHYSICAL MECHANISMS; POLYCRYSTALLINE THIN FILMS; PRACTICAL PROBLEMS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 48049091374     PISSN: 00457825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cma.2008.03.010     Document Type: Article

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