A multiscale method for epitaxial growth

Multiscale Modeling and Simulation

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 335-354

  Sun, Yi ^a,b   Caflisch, Russel ^c   Engquist, Bjorn ^d  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute USA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Epitaxial growth; Heterogeneous multiscale method; Interface tracking; Island dynamics; Kinetic Monte Carlo; Level set method

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COSTS; DIFFUSION EQUATIONS; EFFICIENT COUPLING; HETEROGENEOUS MULTISCALE METHOD; INTERFACE TRACKING; INTERNAL BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; ISLAND DYNAMICS; LEVEL SET METHOD; MACRO SCALE; MACROSCALE MODELS; MICRO-SCALES; MISSING DATA; MONTE CARLO; MULTISCALE METHOD; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; STEP EDGE; STEP FLOW; SUBMONOLAYER ISLAND GROWTH;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DROP BREAKUP; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; LEVEL MEASUREMENT; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

EID: 79955898138     PISSN: 15403459     EISSN: 15403467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/090747749     Document Type: Article

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