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Nucleation of Islands During Epitaxial Growth: Influence of a Second Species

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

Pushkar S. Ranade  and
D. C. Chrzan
Pushkar S. Ranade
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Mineral Engineering, University of California, Berkeley CA 94720, USA
D. C. Chrzan
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Mineral Engineering, University of California, Berkeley CA 94720, USA Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley CA 94720, USA
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Abstract

The theory of the nucleation and growth of islands is maturing rapidly. This advance is driven by the increased availability of experimental data, as well as the need for better control over growth processes. Recently, a number of authors have studied the effects of introducing a second species onto the surface in order to influence the ultimate growth morphology. In some situations, the addition of a second species results in a signficant change (approximately a factor of 1000) in the nucleated island density. The origin of this increase in density has been linked to the anomalous diffusion induced by the presence of the additional species of atoms. In the current paper, this dependence is explored further. In particular, earlier work focused on nucleation and growth in the regime in which the second species is essentially immobile. This constraint is relaxed here, and the subsequent model studied through application of a self-consistent mean-field theory. Predictions for the total island density are presented.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 528: Symposia AA – Mechanisms & Principals of Epitaxial Growth in Metallic Systems , 1998 , 25
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1998

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