Published January 15, 2002 | Version v1
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Morphology of ledge patterns during step flow growth of metal surfaces vicinal to fcc (001)

Creators

  • 1. Helsinki Institute of Physics and Laboratory of Physics, Helsinki University of Technology, P.O. Box 1100, FIN-02015 HUT, Espoo (Finland)
  • 2. Department of Physical Sciences, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 64, FIN-00014 University of Helsinki (Finland)
  • 3. Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506 (United States)

Description

The morphological development of step edge patterns in the presence of meandering instability during step flow growth is studied by simulations and numerical integration of a continuum model. It is demonstrated that the kink Ehrlich-Schwoebel barrier responsible for the instability leads to an invariant shape of the step profiles. The step morphologies change with increasing coverage from a somewhat triangular shape to a more flat, invariant steady state form. The average pattern shape extracted from the simulations is shown to be in good agreement with that obtained from numerical integration of the continuum theory

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1103/PhysRevB.65.041404;
arXiv
arXiv:cond-mat/0110014v2;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
Journal Volume
65
Journal Issue
4
Journal Page Range
p. 041404-041404.4
ISSN
1098-0121

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
36001217
Subject category
S75: CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; S36: MATERIALS SCIENCE;
Descriptors DEI
CRYSTAL GROWTH; EPITAXY; FCC LATTICES; KINK INSTABILITY; LAYERS; MORPHOLOGY; SIMULATION; SURFACES
Descriptors DEC
CRYSTAL GROWTH METHODS; CRYSTAL LATTICES; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CUBIC LATTICES; INSTABILITY; PLASMA INSTABILITY; PLASMA MACROINSTABILITIES

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(c) 2002 The American Physical Society