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Irreversible Island Formation During Deposition: Island Size and Separation Distributions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2011

M. C. Bartelt ,
M. C. Tringides  and
J. W. Evans
M. C. Bartelt
Affiliation:
Inst. for Physical Research & Technology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011
M. C. Tringides
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011
J. W. Evans
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011
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Abstract

We present precise simulation results for a simplified model of irreversible nucleation and growth of islands during deposition. We characterize the scaling of the island and adatom densities, the complete island size distribution, and the adatom-island and island-island separation distributions, with the ratio of diffusion to deposition rates (for fixed coverages,θ<1). We also make some comparisons with rate equation predictions.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 280: Symposium B – Evolution of Surface and Thin Film Microstructure , 1992 , 363
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1993

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