Accelerated molecular dynamics simulation of thin-film growth with the bond-boost method

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Fichthorn, Kristen A ^a,b   Miron, Radu A ^b,c   Wang, Yushan ^a   Tiwary, Yogesh ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Software Design Ahnert GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AB-INITIO; ACCELERATED MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; BRIDGING BONDS; CO CLUSTERS; CU ATOMS; DIFFUSION MECHANISMS; EMBEDDED-ATOM METHOD POTENTIALS; FUTURE APPLICATIONS; KINETIC PHENOMENON; PHASE SPACES; RARE-EVENT SIMULATIONS; SEMI-EMPIRICAL; THIN-FILM GROWTHS;

ALUMINUM; APPLICATIONS; ATOMS; COBALT; COBALT COMPOUNDS; DIFFUSION; DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHASE SPACE METHODS; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING; THIN FILM DEVICES;

FILM GROWTH;

EID: 65549120583     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/21/8/084212     Document Type: Article

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