Effects of long jumps, reversible aggregation, and Meyer-Neldel rule on submonolayer epitaxial growth

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

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Beausoleil, A ^a   Desjardins, P ^a   Rochefort, A ^a  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; COPPER; LANDFORMS; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NICKEL; PALLADIUM; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SILVER;

ARRHENIUS BEHAVIORS; AVERAGE SIZE; COMPENSATION EFFECT; DIFFUSION CO-EFFICIENT; EFFECTIVE DIFFUSION CO-EFFICIENT; ISLAND SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; KINETIC MONTE CARLO SIMULATIONS; MATERIALS SYSTEMS; MEYER-NELDEL RULE; REVERSIBLE AGGREGATION; SUB MONOLAYERS;

EPITAXIAL GROWTH;

EID: 50149113690     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.78.021604     Document Type: Article

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