The dynamics of island nucleation and growth - beyond mean-field theory

Mulheran, P.A. (2004) The dynamics of island nucleation and growth - beyond mean-field theory. EPL: A Letters Journal Exploring the Frontiers of Physics, 65 (3). pp. 379-385. ISSN 0295-5075

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    Abstract

    Fully deterministic calculations of the dynamics of island nucleation and growth during thin-film deposition are presented, using a capture zone model that transcends the classical mean-field approximation. Nucleation rates for various critical island sizes i = 0, 1, 2 are accurately calculated from the time-dependent monomer density within the capture zones. The deterministic evolution of the Joint Probability Distribution (JPD) of island and capture zone size is then calculated. The JPDs are found to converge rapidly to approximately scale-invariant forms that are in excellent agreement with Monte Carlo simulation data.

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    Mulheran, P.A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9469-8010;
    • Item type:Article
      ID code:8493
      Dates:
      Date
      Event
      2004
      Published
      Keywords:thin-film growth, size distributions, epitaxial-growth, capture zones, aggregation, Chemical technology, Physics and Astronomy(all)
      Subjects:Technology > Chemical technology
      Department:Faculty of Engineering > Chemical and Process Engineering
      Depositing user: Strathprints Administrator
      Date deposited:08 Sep 2009 15:25
      Last modified:13 Oct 2021 00:40
      URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/8493
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