Kinetic monte carlo simulation of electrodeposition using the embedded-atom method

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 121, Issue , 2014, Pages 407-414

  Treeratanaphitak, Tanyakarn ^a   Pritzker, Mark D ^a   Abukhdeir, Nasser Mohieddin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electrodeposition; Embedded atom method; Kinetic Monte Carlo; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODEPOSITION PROCESS; EMBEDDED-ATOM METHOD; EMBEDDED-ATOM METHOD POTENTIALS; KINETIC MONTE CARLO; KINETIC MONTE CARLO METHODS; KINETIC MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; SIMULATION;

ATOMS; DEPOSITION; ELECTRODEPOSITION; KINETICS; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 84893044323     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2013.12.166     Document Type: Article

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