KINETIC-MODEL OF VAPOR-DEPOSITED THIN-FILM CONDENSATION - STAGE OF LIQUID-LIKE COALESCENCE

Authors
OSIPOV AV
Citation
Av. Osipov, KINETIC-MODEL OF VAPOR-DEPOSITED THIN-FILM CONDENSATION - STAGE OF LIQUID-LIKE COALESCENCE, Thin solid films, 261(1-2), 1995, pp. 173-182
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Applied","Material Science","Physics, Condensed Matter
Journal title
Thin solid films → ACNP
ISSN journal
00406090
Volume
261
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
173 - 182
Database
ISI
SICI code
0040-6090(1995)261:1-2<173:KOVTC->2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
The processes of the nucleation, growth and liquid-like coalescence of new phase islands (resulting from their lateral growth) are studied. Analytical expressions are obtained for the cluster-size distribution function and its moments, using the simplest laws of cluster growth. T he pairwise coalscence process is shown to give rise to a number of ef fects, such as Ostwald ripening, secondary nucleation and self-similar ity of the size distribution function.