Boundary conditions for burton-cabrera-frank type step-flow models: Coarse-graining of discrete 2D deposition-diffusion equations

Multiscale Modeling and Simulation

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 59-88

  Ackerman, David M ^a   Evans, J W ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment barrier; Depositiondiffusion equations; Ehrlich Schwoebel barrier; Epitaxial growth; Kinetic coefficients; Step flow; Terrace and edge diffusion; Vicinal surfaces

Indexed keywords

ATTACHMENT BARRIER; DEPOSITIONDIFFUSION EQUATIONS; EHRLICH-SCHWOEBEL BARRIER; KINETIC COEFFICIENTS; STEP-FLOW; TERRACE AND EDGE DIFFUSION; VICINAL SURFACE;

ADATOMS; ADSORPTION; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; LANDFORMS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

DIFFUSION BARRIERS;

EID: 79955904250     PISSN: 15403459     EISSN: 15403467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/090778389     Document Type: Article

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